WASHINGTON — On the campaign trail, Pete Buttigieg likes to say that “health care is freedom” and that if “leaving your job means you’re going to lose your health care, that means you’re not free.”
The practice stands in contrast to the other leading presidential candidates this year, as Democrats have made a point of aligning their internal practices with the policies and values they are emphasizing on the campaign trail. To be sure, offering health care to workers is a complicated arrangement for employers, particularly small ones just getting off the ground. Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was unknown to the American public until recently, and as his campaign has taken off, it has been forced to rapidly expand from a handful of staffers to a full-fledged national operation.
“Crossing this threshold will put us in a position to get a good multi-state group plan, which we are currently negotiating,” said Buttigieg press secretary Chris Meagher.
NBCNews I was told he’s providing a stipend to cover healthcare when I asked about it. I’m really disappointed that MSNBC didn’t do their due diligence in getting the full picture before releasing a damning report. I count on you for factual reporting, not smear campaigns or propaganda!
NBCNews Nothing about this is surprising. Aside from Trump, Buttigieg is the most transparently self-serving, self-promoting politician I’ve ever seen. He’s in this for himself, and only himself.
NBCNews You keep tweeting this out, and you don't mention that he's paying a medical stipend so that employees can buy from the ACA marketplace. Stop trying to gin up controversy, it makes you less credible 🙁
NBCNews Disingenuous headline! You should be ashamed
NBCNews Also, he can provide group coverage for his folks with as few as 2 employees... So why go the stipend route when he could provide group coverage?
NBCNews Please finish the story...his campaign staff has yet to hit the 50 employee mark for mandated Health Care. The other candidates noted are over that mark and HAVE to provide HC.
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NBCNews incredibly disappointing you would deliberately mislead with that headline, multiple times. unfollowed.
NBCNews Obviously NBC is only providing a “redacted” version of Mayor Petes provision of health care.
NBCNews If his staffers are fine with the arrangement of getting a stipend so they can buy their insurance; then this is a non-story. So why is NBC putting it out there?
NBCNews He's offering $400 monthly stipend to buy a plan on Obamacare exchanges.
NBCNews Do better and NBCNews NBCPolitics
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NBCNews Mayor Pete should be the first in line for healthcare coverage policies. Blacks represent 44% of all newly diagnosed cases of HIV annually, according to the CDC.
NBCNews But, but, but he’s so progressive and so compassionate ...and so woke and so phony he makes Corey Booker almost look like a sincere,decent guy.
NBCNews From the article: 'Instead, Buttigieg is providing a monthly stipend to workers to buy insurance on their own through the Obamacare exchanges, his campaign said, with plans to offer health care in the future...' Disingenuous headline and tweet. SHAME!
NBCNews I’ll show my ignorance here & ask what’s not obvious, do other candidates provide health insurance for their campaign workers? And to be fair, isn’t it considered temp work? Many temp agencies don’t provide insurance which is why folks get paid more!
NBCNews I hate the term 'Fake News' - but NBC is certainly earning it with this. These misleading clickbait headlines are a big reason why people don't trust the media.
NBCNews That is an unfair tweet. You need to do better.
NBCNews Change your headline. You are better than this. 🤦🏻♀️
NBCNews Misleading! Fix it!
NBCNews This is a stupid headline. Jesus...🙄
NBCNews You're retweeting this misleading headline Wtf
NBCNews He provides a stipend of $400 they can use to purchase health insurance. Also he has about 50 or so f/t employees only.
NBCNews Horribly misleading tweet, msnbc. Do better.
NBCNews Stop miss leading tweets for clicks. You are part of the problem.
NBCNews AND the absolute next paragraph is this-“Instead, Buttigieg is providing a monthly stipend to workers to buy insurance on their own through the Obamacare exchanges, his campaign said, with plans to offer health care in the future.” That is more than my employer of 7yrs does,btw.
NBCNews He is smooth and the antithesis to Trump. He is intelligent and he is about restructuring institutional behaviour. Beware of the reverse of theTrumpeffect.
NBCNews That's quite a misleading headline! They get approx $400 a month for health insurance. Why in the world would you make that your headline? Do Better!!!
NBCNews This is a blatant lie, , and you all know it. He is providing them $400 per month to purchase healthcare. His campaign is literally paying for their healthcare.
NBCNews Clickbait deserves to be ratioed!
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NBCNews Not ready for prime time.
NBCNews Noooo...oh the fn horror!
NBCNews Headline is misleading - The campaign is providing a $400 stipend to its employees to purchase coverage in the ACA marketplace. Currently the campaign, from my understating, is less than 50 employees. PeteButtigieg Lis_Smith TheStefanSmith
NBCNews Neither did trump...
NBCNews What a hypocrite! And the money is given out for free anyway...he doesn't have to work for it!
NBCNews Wow, people are really coming for him now with misinformation.
NBCNews Very misleading tweet
NBCNews Is he still refusing to post his platform on his website?
NBCNews Disingenuous headline followed by reporting its working to get there while paying them $15 to help them buy into coverage. NBCNews please do better than play sports with politics that is meaningful
NBCNews Bad reporting. You failed to state he gives a stipend that allows them to purchase ACA
NBCNews What swell guy PeteButtigieg where’s your staffs healthcare?
NBCNews He better get this fixed pronto. bad, bad, bad look for any D.
NBCNews He is providing them money to put on the Affordable care act insurance
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NBCNews His only claim to fame is he’s a homosexual or we wouldn’t even talk about hm, it, whatever.
NBCNews What an epic failure of a tweet. He's not providing coverage but, as your article says, he's providing a stipend so that workers can get coverage on their own.
NBCNews Probably because he’s paying for it or they have coverage already. Misleading headline. Do better NBCNews
NBCNews Hypocricy is one of the DemonRats strongest weaknesses.
NBCNews Oops! Get on it Pete!
NBCNews Who's he stealing money from to do this? ?
NBCNews PeteForAmerica needs to fix that pronto
NBCNews I don’t understand how this guy is popular?
NBCNews Misleading headline. He isn’t buying them healthcare but is paying for it. Which makes sense. It takes time to set up a healthcare plan.
NBCNews Damn I actually liked him