Top Polling Democratic Candidates Square Off On Medicare For All

By Ariel Cohen / June 28, 2019 at 12:49 AM
The two top-polling Democratic primary candidates, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), squared off on health care, with Sanders extolling the benefits of Medicare for All and Biden arguing for building upon the Affordable Care Act. Health policy came up in the first three minutes of the debate Thursday night (June 27), as Sanders avoided answering the moderators’ question about whether Medicare for All would raise taxes for the middle class. Instead, he repeatedly told the...

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