Joe Biden expected to make new healthcare push after Trump's 'slow down the testing' comment
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Source: MSN
Joe Biden and his presidential campaign plan to make a new push on health care and protecting the Affordable Care Act this week -- including at an in-person campaign event in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Thursday -- on the heels of President Donald Trump's recent comments about slowing coronavirus testing that undermine unanimous guidance from public health experts that more testing is key to containing the virus.
The former vice president's fresh pivot to health care comes days after Trump publicly said he had asked his administration to "slow the testing down" on Covid-19, since fewer tests mean fewer confirmed cases of coronavirus.
The campaign hopes to drive home its message on the Affordable Care Act both nationally and in key battleground states in the coming days, a Biden aide said. An important part of the messaging will also be about pointing out benefits of Obamacare for Black and Brown Americans, the aide added.
The Biden aide said it is "unconscionable" that the Trump administration wants to weaken Obamacare in the middle of a pandemic and when millions are out of work. Biden is planning on meeting with "families who have benefited from the Affordable Care Act" tomorrow in Lancaster, according to a campaign advisory for the event.
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Biden has an excellent opportunity to hammer Trump on the false choice between protecting the public health and the economy. By failing to aggressively combat COVID-19 and instead seeking scapegoats, appealing to racism and division, and insisting on re-opening the economy as soon as possible, Trump has set us on a path to a Second Great Depression.
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