Author: Stephanie Armour, The Wall Street Journal
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American voters have a simple health-care message for 2020: Just fix it!
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Nine years after Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act and more than a year after Republicans failed in their effort to repeal it, health care promises once again to be a major issue in the 2020 elections. Drug costs are rising, as are insurance premiums. Rural hospitals are closing. Even as an estimated 20 million…
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Colorado, other Democratic-led states press head with health-care expansion plans
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Democratic-led states and cities are moving swiftly to push expanded public health-care proposals following their November midterm victories, drawing criticism from some Republicans and spurring debate over the potential high costs. In Colorado, Democrats in the legislature introduced legislation for a public option. New Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, who talked about universal health care during…
