U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) have a plan to create Medicare-X, a public option that would offer families, individuals, and small businesses additional, low-cost health insurance choices and create competition in the marketplace.

To achieve universal health care, lower costs, and improve the quality of care in rural America, the Bennet Administration will: Establish the Medicare-X public option. Lower the cost of health care. Close existing coverage gaps. Harness technology and innovation.

Feb 17, 2021 · Denver – Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) announced the reintroduction of their legislation, the Medicare-X Choice Act, which would create a public option by expanding on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicare.

As a senior member of the Senate Committee on Finance, Michael championed the Inflation Reduction Act provisions that require Medicare to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies, capped drug costs for seniors, and lowered the …

Jun 21, 2024 · –– Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) announced the reintroduction of their legislation, the Medicare-X Choice Act, which would create a public option by expanding on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicare.

Dec 13, 2018 · Amid rumblings that he might be considering a run for president — and amid his not exactly saying “no” to questions of whether he is — Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is giving a new push to his grand idea for fixing America’s health insurance market.

Oct 17, 2017 · WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) today introduced legislation to create Medicare-X, a public plan that would offer families, individuals, and small businesses additional, low-cost health insurance choices and create more competition in the marketplace.

Oct 20, 2017 · Sens. Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) have proposed a plan to allow all Americans to purchase public insurance. Senate Democrats are increasingly divided over how far the government...

Mar 29, 2019 · The Virginia and Colorado senators next week will reintroduce their “Medicare X” plan, which would create a new public option for health insurance — an idea that was originally part of ...

Michael Farrand Bennet (born November 28, 1964) is an American attorney, ... Medicare X would "create a public option modeled after Medicare alongside private options on the ObamaCare marketplaces". [88] In 2019 Bennet and Kaine reintroduced the latest version of the plan, which would also "expand access to tax credits." ...