In the final presidential debate, the major differences between Joe Biden and Donald Trump were demarcated by their understanding and ideas about health care in the United States. 

Answering what Biden would do if the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act in November, he laid out his plan to beef up the ‘Obamacare’, with an added public health insurance option, into the ‘Bidencare’.  

Building on the layout, the former vice president said he wants to put more money into the system and add an option for people to buy-in to a Medicare-like program.

A similar idea was originally part of the landmark health care bill passed in 2010, however, it was cut out before Obama could sign it into law.

Donald Trump launched a scathing attacking on Biden and alleged that he along with California Sen. Kamala Harris, who the President claimed is “more liberal than Bernie Sanders”, plans to socialise medicine in the United States. 

However, Biden trashed Trump’s claims as “ridiculous”. Biden ran hard against “Medicare for All,” a progressive plan to insure every American as part of a government-run system.

Defining his idea of a public option health insurance, he said it will be an option for those who aren’t covered through work or choose not to purchase plans through private insurers.

 The Medicare for All legislation was drafted by Biden’s primary rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders. 

After a constant back and forth over the matter, not plagued by regular interruptions like the previous debate, Biden closed his argument saying, “People deserve to have affordable health care, period. Period, period, period.”  

Adding, “And the Bidencare proposal will provide for that.”