Warren: 'I'm glad to talk to Bernie' about Medicare for All

[BeyondGeography]

Durham, New Hampshire (CNN)Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Wednesday that she will "of course" consult with Sen. Bernie Sanders about her soon-to-be-released plan on how to pay for "Medicare for All," but that she has not yet discussed those details with him.

"I'm glad to talk to Bernie about this," Warren told reporters after a campaign rally in Durham, New Hampshire.

...Sanders, who authored the Medicare for All legislation, said in an interview with CNBC published Tuesday that he did not believe a full financing plan was necessary "right now." But he has, both in 2016 and more recently, released white papers articulating a set of potential pay-fors.

...Warren in New Hampshire reaffirmed her support for Medicare for All and again promised that she would soon release a clear outline of how she would pay for it. "I continue to work on parts of it that need more information," she said. "For me, one of them is about talking about what the cost is. You may know, the cost for Medicare for All estimates vary by trillions and trillions of dollars. So I'm going to have a plan to talk about what the cost is and I'm going have a plan to talk about how we can pay for it."

Asked what she made of the recent "flak" she's come under from other candidates, Warren downplayed the attacks and argued that, for all the recent noise, the differences among the Democratic candidates are mild in comparison to what distinguished the party from its GOP opponents.

"Actually, I don't see it as flak. I see it as people who are wrestling with the question of how we make sure that Americans get covered by health care," Warren said. "You know, it's the other side, the Republicans, who think it's just fine for millions of people not to have health care coverage at all, for insurance companies to be able to discriminate against people who have preexisting conditions, who are right now pursuing a lawsuit so that the entire Affordable Care Act would be repealed."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/30/politics/elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-medicare-for-all/

[George II]

1. This is a great statement:

"Actually, I don't see it as flak. I see it as people who are wrestling with the question of how we make sure that Americans get covered by health care," Warren said. "You know, it's the other side, the Republicans, who think it's just fine for millions of people not to have health care coverage at all, for insurance companies to be able to discriminate against people who have preexisting conditions, who are right now pursuing a lawsuit so that the entire Affordable Care Act would be repealed."

She, like some of our other candidates, understand that we're all in this together and if WE don't win we'll be in a much deeper hole four years later.

[BeyondGeography]

2. I thought so, too

Pivoting to contrast our humane aims as Democrats with those of the Republicans. 👍

[sheshe2]

3. Thank you Senator Warren.

I like that she holds Teddies old seat as our Senior Senator for MA. He cared deeply about healthcare.