MJ Lee: Warren Has a Plan For Everything Except for the Issue of Health Care

‘She has not put out a plan of her own on the issue of health care’

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LEE: "That’s right, John, this is a significant announcement from Senator Warren. This is a candidate, as we’ve talked about a lot on your show, who has a plan for nearly everything, except for the issue of health care. On the issue of health care, she has said from the beginning that she is with Bernie Sanders when it comes to health care, that she is fully behind Medicare-for-all, and that is why she has not put out a plan of her own on the issue of health care. But we saw her sort of run into some trouble with this strategy, right? Particularly last week at the CNN/'New York Times' debate when she was asked over and over again, 'How are you going to pay for this plan? Will middle class taxes go up for this plan?' And we saw her time and time again avoid her answering that particular question and pivoting instead to the question of total cost. She said over and over again that total cost will go down for the average American under Medicare-for-all. But I think we saw that politically this sort of tactic became politically untenable.”

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