Eighty percent of Americans also support reforming the nation's health care system so no one pays more than 10 percent of income on insurance.
During the coronavirus pandemic, progressive Democrats in Congress have been pushing to expand government-run health insurance. As most Americans' health insurance is linked to their employers, the massive surge in new jobless claims has also caused the uninsured population to grow rapidly.have already filed for unemployment since the pandemic began, according to the latest report from the Department of Labor, released April 30.
"Because the United States is unique among rich countries in tying health insurance benefits to employment, many of the newly unemployed will suddenly face prohibitively costly insurance options. A comprehensive policy solution would be to extend Medicare and Medicaid to all those suffering job losses during the pandemic period, with the federal government funding this expansion," EPI economists Josh Bivens and Ben Zipperer wrote in an April 30 blog post.
"The legislation would expand Medicare and Medicaid eligibility during the crisis, cap out-of-pocket costs for Medicare enrollees, and eliminate co-pays, coinsurance or deductibles for COVID-19 testing and related care," a press release from Kennedy's office explained.
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