Sarah Kliff grades Biden and Trump's health care plans (The Ezra Klein Show podcast)

There are few issues on which the stakes in this election are quite as stark as on health care. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden plans to pass (and Democrats largely support) a massive health care expansion that could result in 25 million additional individuals gaining health insurance. The Trump administration, as we speak, is pushing to get the Supreme Court to kill the Affordable Care Act, which would strip at least 20 million Americans of health care coverage. 

There's no one I'd rather have on to discuss these issues than Sarah Kliff. Kliff is an investigative reporter for the New York Times focusing on health care policy, and my former colleague at the Washington Post and Vox where we co-hosted The Weeds alongside Matt Yglesias. She's one of the most clear, incisive health care policy analysts in media today and a longtime friend, which made this conversation a pleasure. We discuss:

The legacy of Obamacare 10 years later

Why the fiercely fought over “individual mandate” isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

What Biden’s health care plan would actually do — and where it falls short

Whether a Biden administration would be able to pass massive health care reform — and why it might still have a chance even if the filibuster remains intact

The ongoing Supreme Court case to dismantle Obamacare

Whether Donald Trump has a secret health care plan to protect those with preexisting conditions (spoiler: he doesn’t)

The hollow state of Republican health care policy

The academic literature showing that health insurance is literally a matter of life and death

Which social investments would have the largest impact on people’s health (hint: it’s probably not expanding insurance)
Interview: 

https://www.spreaker.com/user/8389941/sarah-kliff-grades-biden-and-trumps-heal