Four years after being rivals, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders partner to push for lower prescription drug costs

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : "Trump has talked about dismantling the Affordable Care Act if he were to win a second term, even as the landmark health care law signed by President Barack Obama in 2010 has proven to be popular among most Americans, including Republicans.
60% : They want to, quote, I love their word they love, they want to terminate the Affordable Care Act, I love it, terminate my - as my predecessor says, kicking millions of Americans off their health insurance.
58% : Biden on Wednesday credited Sanders with laying the groundwork for his administration's health care policies - the independent senator's focus on "Medicare for all" was a major focal point of the 2020 Democratic presidential campaign and helped shape much of the debate during that cycle.
51% : "In his remarks, Biden also called for increasing the number of drugs that Medicare is allowed to negotiate.
47% : At the time, the two men found themselves on opposite ends of the health care debate in the Democratic contest with Sanders pushing for a progressive plan of universal health care through Medicare for All and Biden taking a more moderate approach by campaigning on bolstering the Affordable Care Act.
46% : It does not apply to those with Medicare or other public coverage.

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