Miami, Feb 9 (EFE).- The president of the United States, Joe Biden, promised this Thursday in Florida to prevent cuts to Medicare and Social Security, an announcement made two days after in his speech on the State of the Union call on Democrats and Republicans to work together not to reduce the budget for public health programs.
At the University of Tampa, in the center of this state, Biden referred to the Inflation Reduction Act signed in August of last year, which includes health provisions that, if repealed by the Republicans, would skyrocket insurance premiums and medicine costs.
“We did it in a bipartisan way: Democrats and Republicans did it. I don’t know why they don’t recognize that part of what is making the country great again,” Biden wondered.
“I signed the Inflation Reduction Law so that people can sleep better at night,” added the president, who was interrupted on several occasions by applause from those present.
Florida, Monday for Biden
Biden said that Florida is the state with the most subscribers to Obamacare, with 20% of all affiliates, and promised that he will veto any law that comes out of Congress with a view to repealing this insurance created by former President Barack Obama today.
From the airport, Biden headed directly to the university, where attendees at his presentation were handed a copy of Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott’s bill to revise federal Medicare legislation every five years. and Social Security.
Although some see that proposal as a carte blanche to apply cuts to these programs, Scott denied it on Thursday.
The visit to Tampa is Biden’s second stop in the country after a visit to Wisconsin on Wednesday in which he also promised to stop any initiative to set cuts to these health programs.
Political analysts highlighted that both the act of this Thursday and that of Wednesday have a certain electoral air, despite the fact that there is more than a year to go before the 2024 presidential elections.
So far there is only one official candidate for those elections, former President Donald Trump, whom Biden, who has not yet revealed whether he will run for re-election, referred to without naming him, to accuse him of having increased the US public debt. 25% in the four years he was in the White House.
The “nightmare” of those who want cuts
Biden, 80, detailed during his speech the achievements of his Administration in economic matters, as he did in the recent State of the Union speech in Congress.
“I have never been more optimistic about the future of the United States than now,” he stressed.
After declaring himself a “capitalist”, he stressed that billionaires and large corporations must pay “something” and not receive only exemptions as with the previous president.
Throughout his speech he insisted that the Republicans “dream” of cutting social benefits and, addressing them, he warned them that it will be their “nightmare”, because he will not allow them to get away with it.
Biden, however, extended his hand to those who want to reach a compromise and assured that the United States can achieve everything it sets out to do if the two parties work “together.”
Criticism of Biden’s plan
“Joe Biden insists he’s building an economy for workers, but American workers say flatly they’re worse off since he took office,” Ronna McDaniel, Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair, said of Biden’s visit to Florida.
Republicans on Wednesday introduced a proposal to the House Budget Committee to repeal the health care provisions of the Cut Inflation Act, which would mean some 14.5 million Americans pay higher health insurance premiums and that Medicare beneficiaries can see increased prices of medicines.