News, 4/1/05] Medicare cuts/expansion 2007: Supported expanding Medicare as part of her proposed health plan. [Associated Press, 9/17/07] Supported the ACA as Vice President, which slowed Medicare spending while closing the “doughnut hole” coverage gap and expanding some benefits. [Politifact, 8/25/14] 2008: Supported expanding Medicare. [Wall Street Journal, 8/25/08] Opposed Republican efforts to voucherize Medicare. [MSNBC, 10/12/12] Initially opposed the ACA out of feat it would cut Medicare. [Nightly News, NBC, 12/18/09] Supports expanding Medicare to all Americans (i.e., he wants a single-payer Medicare-like system for everyone). [Bernie Sanders op-ed, Guardian, 9/30/13] Criticized Republicans under Bush for “expanding the cost of Medicare…and failing to pay.” [Providence Journal, 9/5/12] Doc fix 2008: Voted for the doc-fix. [H.R.6331, Vote 177, 110th Congress, 7/15/08] 2008: Voted for the doc-fix. [H.R.6331, Vote 177, 110th Congress, 7/15/08] 2008: Voted for the doc-fix. [H.R.6331, Vote 177, 110th Congress, 7/15/08] 2015: Voted for the doc-fix. [H.R. 2, Vote 144, 114th Congress, 4/14/15] 2015: Voted for the doc-fix. [H.R. 2, Vote 144, 114th Congress, 4/14/15] 2008: Voted for the doc-fix. [H.R.6331, Vote 177, 110th Congress, 7/15/08] 2006: Voted for the doc-fix. [H.R. 6111, Vote 279, 109th Congress, 12/9/06] HEALTHCARE 2016 Dem Position Hillary Clinton Senator: 2001-2009 Joe Biden Senator: 1973-2009 VP: 2009- Martin O’Malley Governor: 2007-2015 Jim Webb Senator: 2007-2013 Elizabeth Warren Senator: 2013- Bernie Sanders Rep.: 1991-2007 Senator: 2007- Lincoln Chafee Senator: 1999-2007 Governor: 2011-2015 Medicaid Expansion Supported Arkansas’ public-private Medicaid expansion plan. [Politico, 3/5/14] Supported Medicaid expansion. [Politico, 1/23/14] Expanded Medicaid as governor. [Kaiser Family Foundation, 12/17/14] Voted for ACA. [H.R. 3590, Vote 396, 111th Congress, 12/24/09] Supported Medicaid Expansion. [Elizabeth Warren, Facebook, 7/2/14] Supported Medicaid expansion. [Office of Senator Sanders, accessed 1/26/15] Expanded Medicaid as governor. [Kaiser Family Foundation, 1/6/14] Obamacare Supported the ACA but is willing to make adjustments. [CNN, 6/25/14] 2008: Said people must be able to keep pre-reform plans. [Editorial, New York Supported ACA as Vice President. [CBS News, 3/21/14] Supported the ACA. [Martin O’Malley op-ed, Baltimore Sun, 5/3/12] Supported the ACA but says it needs to be changed. [The Hill, 9/23/14] Voted for ACA. [H.R. 3590, Vote 396, 111th Congress, 12/24/09] Supported the ACA but was willing to make adjustments. [Office of Senator Warren, 1/22/15] Supported the ACA but believes we need a single-payer system. [Huffington Post, 10/1/13] Voted for ACA. [H.R. 3590, Vote 396, 111th Congress, 12/24/09] Issued an executive order to establish a state health exchange as governor and appeared to support the ACA. [Associated Press, 6/21/12] Field Code Changed