Biden Announces Plan to Expand Medicare and Forgive Student Loans

Biden Announces Plan to Expand Medicare and Forgive Student Loans
Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Delaware, on March 12, 2020. Matt Rourke/AP Photo
Tom Ozimek
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Presumptive Democrat nominee Joe Biden announced new plans to expand Medicare eligibility and forgive some student debt as he adapts his policy platform ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election to take into account the pandemic hit to the economy.

Biden said in a Medium post on Thursday that he would lower the age for Medicare eligibility to 60, at which point people would have the option of sticking with their employer plans or opting into Medicare.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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