Bidencare
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Blend of Biden (“Joe Biden”) + healthcare or Medicare and perhaps influenced by earlier ObamaCare.
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Bidencare
- (US, neologism) A healthcare plan created by Joe Biden and based on ObamaCare.
- 2020 October 23, Robin Saks Frankel, “Is Bidencare The New Obamacare?”, in Forbes[1]:
- In spite of the plan’s detractors—including President Donald Trump who has characterized both Obamacare and Bidencare as “socialized medicine,” Biden’s plan may be a case of repackaging a plan that already exists.
- 2021 February 10, Gregg Lawrence, Patsy Writesman, “‘BidenCare’ endangers private health insurance and seniors’ health care”, in Tennessean[2], USA Today Network, Opinion:
- Even if Congress cannot pass Medicare for All – they are destined to make a serious effort in passing BidenCare – which is a “public option” where citizens can opt into Medicare.
- 2021 December 14, Sydney Ember, “Where Does Joe Biden Stand on Major Policies?”, in New York Times[3]:
- Mr. Biden supports expanding the Affordable Care Act and creating a public option — a plan he has nicknamed Bidencare.
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
