Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders have both announced plans to combat coronavirus should they be elected in November
.) He also wants to protect health care workers on the frontlines, ensure that people receive the correct information in a timely manner, and secure paid sick leave for those impacted, as well as to instate a fund to help those who have experienced a loss of work because of the coronavirus.
In a press conference the same day, Sanders compared the virus to a war, saying “now is the time for solidarity. Now is the time to come together with love and compassion for all, including the most vulnerable people in our society who will face this pandemic from a health perspective or an economic perspective.” He said the Trump administration’s “incompetence and recklessness has threatened the lives of many people in the country.
“Our country is at a severe disadvantage… because we do not guarantee health care as a right,” he said, adding that people who are uninsured or underinsured hesitate before they go to the doctor, which only worsens these crises., the majority of the infrastructure of today’s medical care system would stay intact, but the health insurance industry would be nationalized, funded primarily by the government. “While we work to pass a Medicare for All single-payer system, the U.S.
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