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Trump's And Biden's Plans For Health Care

Here's how the health care priorities of the Republican president and his Democratic challenger compare.
Source: Caroline Amenabar/NPR; Wil Taylor/Flickr

Key priorities

Joe Biden

  • Create a public option health care plan that expands off the Affordable Care Act.
  • Decrease the price of prescription drugs.
  • Protect abortion access.
  • Invest $775 billion in child and elder care.
  • Read details of Biden's plans below.

Donald Trump

  • Repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with a new plan, which has not been publicly proposed.
  • Lower the price of prescription drugs and insurance premiums.
  • Read details of Trump's plans below.

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