Should Biden announce he is making Medicare-for-all a key policy fight in 2nd term?

[Matty]

Could this be a way for him to shore up youth support?

[TML]

Should he? Sure.

Would he? Unlikely, since he has explicitly announced his opposition to this policy proposal in recent years (and the source of his opposition is the money he has received from health insurance and pharmaceutical companies).

[South Dakota Democrat]

I don't see how this would help.

The left wouldn't believe him, and the center would be alienated.

[Steve from Lambeth]

Should he? Sure.

Would he? Unlikely, since he has explicitly announced his opposition to this policy proposal in recent years (and the source of his opposition is the money he has received from health insurance and pharmaceutical companies).

[Mr. Smith]

No.

Do it secretly and set the ground for Harris to do it.

[Obama24]

No.

Do it secretly and set the ground for Harris to do it.

I think they're setting the ground for Harris to be the nominee this year as it is lol.

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

Not Medicare for all but a federal public option.

He should make it more visibly known as one of his key policy plans for the next 4 years (he didn't campaign on it visibly in 2020).

[Progressive Pessimist]

No. The likelihood of that passing even a 50-50 Senate (the brst case scenario in a Democratic trifecta) is still very low. It would just disappoint people when it doesn't happen.

[wnwnwn]

He could do three things:

1 Contrasts his healthcare policies with Trump's replace Obamacare stance.
2 Maybe compare his policies with American Health Care 2017 bill.
3 Talk about the public option.

[SnowLabrador]

I don't see how this would help.

The left wouldn't believe him, and the center would be alienated.

This is exactly it. If anything it would infuriate the "CEASEFIRE NOW" voters even more, and if by some miracle Biden is reelected, it would ensure a red tsunami in 2026 when it doesn't get passed. Biden doesn't need to lie to win this election, he just has to go scorched-Earth on Trump.

[Not Me, Us]

At minimum he should campaign on a public option.

[Obama24]

At minimum he should campaign on a public option.

Agreed. Or, at a bare bare minimum, expanding Medicaid access further.

The action I'd like to see in a second term would be aggressive action with regard to climate change, a push back against "right to work" and at will employment, and also a massive bill targeting the mental health crisis. But, I doubt we'll see any of that.

[quesaisje]

He's running for re-election, not martyrdom.

[7,052,770]

Or, at a bare bare minimum, expanding Medicaid access further.

He already supports that. Problem is it's a state issue, and some red states just aren't going to do it, to spite him and Obama.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

He can't guarantee certain things until he gets the Filibuster proof Trifecta, and Medicare for all is a 60 vote threshold, just like he doesn't talk about CRT packing. But, he talks about Voting Rights and Filibuster proof Trifecta due to fact Voting Rights is a nonpartisan issue

[DS0816]

Could this be a way for him to shore up youth support?

Joe Biden, prior to 2020, said that—as U.S. president—if a bill was passed and came to him awaiting his signature … he would veto it.

This was one important reason why I rejected him for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination … as well as in the general election.

I do not trust Biden, and I do not trust anyone else who is affiliated with the Democratic Party (most especially after their rigging of their primaries), and so this would not convince me.

[Obama24]

Or, at a bare bare minimum, expanding Medicaid access further.

He already supports that. Problem is it's a state issue, and some red states just aren't going to do it, to spite him and Obama.

But since Medicaid is a federal program, couldn't he get Congress to say, expand eligibility by income for instance?

What I'd like is a comprehensive mental health bill also, creating mental health community centers that are similar to Urgent Care services, but for mental health, also changing the mental health industry so that antidepressants are no longer incentivized as a cure-all for every patient.