Opposition to the threat of budget cuts to agencies that fund scientific work. The president tweeting a couple hours ago i am committed but always remember it enhances environmental protection. Jobs matter. Miguel marquez is in washington where demonstrators marched from the mall to capitol hill. Miguel . Reporter ana, This Is The End point for the march for science. Thousands and thousands of scientists and their supporters clog the streets of washington. It was cold, it was windy. Where they ended here at the capitol, what they were concerned about was the general tone from the Trump Administration on science and matters of science on funding. Very enormous ly engaging in
science in washington, d. C. , said they didnt want their work to be sifted through. It certainly had a very political edge to it. Ana . Thank you, miguel. Now to new york where the rain didnt keep away the crowds. Here is rachel crane. Reporter im in a crowded and rainy times square. Lots of umbrellas and lots of h
new system. i believe we have to protect and build on obamacare. that s why i propose adding a public option to obamacare as the best way to lower costs and cover everyone. i understand the appeal of medicare for all. but folks supporting it should be clear that it means getting rid of obamacare. and i m not for that. i know how hard it is to get that. i watched it. starting over makes no sense to me at all. i want to take some closer look at some of the key points of biden s proposal which he says is going to cover more than 97% of americans. he wants to create a government-run health insurance option for people who aren t happy with their private insurance plan. he also wants to expand tax credits for people to buy insurance by eliminating obamacare s income cap of 400% of the federal poverty level which is currently used to
care act and frankly address some of the issues. lots of people across america know premiums are too high. there are lots of folks in states, as you noted earlier, states that have not passed medicaid expansion who are eligible for medicaid and currently don t receive it because their governors and state legislators have yet to act. under the biden health care plan, those folks will be able to opt into health care insurance. that s just a fundamental difference between what senator sanders and others are proposing. i think it s very important for folks across the country to know that as folks are talking about making sure everyone is covered, absolutely, democrats, we all agree everyone should be covered. the biden campaign believes that we re not doing away with private insurance and that we have to build on the affordable care act and all the democrats don t believe that. let s say you come up with a really good public option. would i be able to take the money that i currently pay