Health-Care Costs, Existing Plans And Government Coverage Collide
We open the hour with Hakeem Jeffries declining to back the current Medicare for All proposal, then pull apart the health-care argument from several directions: satisfaction with existing plans, insurance premiums, personal responsibility and the cost of a government-run system. Ro Khanna follows with a direct defense of Medicare for All, arguing that it would lower costs and raise worker pay, which sends us straight into the broader affordability fight. That fight takes a sharp turn when a CBS News/YouGov poll shows support for government price controls not only among Democrats and…
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