2024 presidential campaign press release: on Health Care
Joe Biden:
Get more people vaccinated, or prolong coronavirus pandemic
For our country, the choice is simple: get more people vaccinated, or prolong this pandemic and its impact on our country. The virus will not go away by itself: we have to act. Vaccination is the single best pathway out of this pandemic. And while
I would have much preferred that requirements not become necessary, too many people remain unvaccinated for us to get out of this pandemic for good. So I instituted requirements--and they are working. They protect our workers and have helped us reduce
the number of unvaccinated Americans over the age of 12 from approximately 100 million in late July when I began requirements to just about 60 million today.Vaccination requirements are good for the economy. They not only increase vaccination
rates but they help send people back to work--as many as 5 million American workers. They make our economy more resilient and keep our businesses open. [See H.R. 6304 for Congressional response]
Source: Presidential 2024 hopefuls: White House press release
Nov 4, 2021
Kamala Harris:
Prohibit medical debt from being included on credit reports
FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces Proposal to Prohibit Medical Bills from Being Included on Credit Reports: Today, Vice President Harris announced a new action by the CFPB that would remove medical debt from credit reports of more than
15 million Americans, raising their credit scores by an average of 20 points and leading to the approval of approximately 22,000 additional mortgages every year. Vice President Harris is calling on states, local governments, and health care
providers to take comprehensive action to reduce the burden of medical debt, including but not limited to:- Leverage public dollars to purchase and eliminate medical debt;
- Prevent accumulation of medical debt and protect patients from aggressive
debt collectors by expanding access to charity care; and
- Protect patients and consumers by limiting coercive debt collections practices by health care providers and third-party debt collectors.
Source: Vice Presidential 2024 press release: "Medical Debt"
Jun 11, 2024
Kamala Harris:
Establish nursing home minimum staffing rule
Medicare and Medicaid pay billions of dollars per year to ensure that 1.2 million Americans that receive care in nursing homes are cared for, yet too many nursing homes chronically understaff their facilities, leading to sub-standard or unsafe care.
When facilities are understaffed, residents may go without basic necessities like baths, trips to the bathroom, and meals--and it is less safe when residents have a medical emergency.
The Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule finalized today will require all nursing homes that receive federal funding through Medicare and Medicaid to have 3.48 hours per resident per day of total staffing, including a defined number from both registered
nurses (0.55 hours per resident per day) and nurse aides (2.45 per resident per day). This means a facility with 100 residents would need at least two or three RNs and at least ten or eleven nurse aides as well as two additional nurse staff.
Source: Vice Presidential 2024 press release: "Care Economy"
Apr 22, 2024
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