Bloomberg health plan aims to lower costs, cover more people
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Putting his stamp on the top issue for Democratic voters, Michael Bloomberg on Thursday unveiled a health care plan that would expand coverage and cut people’s costs by building on the current system, not replacing it.The former New York mayor and Democratic presidential candidate embraced a new government-run ‘public option” to compete with private insurance and called for Medicare to negotiate drug prices, using an approach similar to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s […]
