Biden aggressively defends Obamacare

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Joe Biden is taking an aggressive approach to defending Obamacare, challenging not just U.S. President Donald Trump but also some of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination who want to replace the current insurance system with a fully government-run model.

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The former vice-president will spend much of the coming week talking about his approach to health care, including remarks he'll deliver on Monday in Iowa at a presidential forum sponsored by AARP. His almost singular focus on the 2010 health care law has been on display recently in the early voting states.

Perhaps as important, it's an opportunity for Biden to go on offence ahead of the next presidential debate at the end of July. Biden has spent the past several weeks on defence, reversing his position on taxpayer funding for abortions and highlighting his past work with segregationist senators. Harris slammed him during the first debate, blasting the segregationist comment and criticizing his opposition to federal busing orders to desegregate public schools during the same era.

"Bernie's been very honest about it," Biden said. "He said you're going to have to raise taxes on the middle class. He said it's going to end all private insurance. I mean, he's been straightforward about it. And he's making his case." She explained that she interpreted the debate moderator's question as asking whether she'd be willing to give up her existing coverage as part of a single-payer model. She said she wants private policies to remain "supplemental" options for consumers.

Biden hasn't yet introduced his full health care plan, but has said it will be anchored by a "Medicare-like" plan that would be available to anyone -- including the 150 million-plus Americans now covered by job-based insurance, a group now ineligible for exchange-based policies. Biden has indicated that income-based subsidies would ensure that any household could get coverage.

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What choice does he have. The Republicans chewed the original bill to shreds and Obama took the left overs and smiled. Now they have to scrap the pice of crap they were left with and start over. The new bill will be torn to shreds by the Dems and Trump will be left with crap.

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