Democratic 2020 Presidential Candidates on Health Care
May 27, 2019Cory Booker:
Medicare for all; start with commonsense reforms.
Allow importing prescription drugs to lower Rx prices.
Pete Buttigieg:
Public option is step towards universal care.
Single payer option can lead to Medicare for all.
Medicare for all who want it: public option.
Single rate for healthcare before single payer.
His generation not put off by claims of "socialism".
Single payer can still allow role for private insurance.
John Delaney:
No Medicare for All, but yes universal health care.
Tulsi Gabbard:
Supports Medicare-for-All; tax wealthiest 5% to pay for it.
Kirsten Gillibrand:
Transition to Medicare for all through public option.
Basic Health Program offer lower-priced health insurance.
Provide a public option to get to universal coverage.
Kamala Harris:
End private health insurance with Medicare for All.
John Hickenlooper:
Against single payer; supports public option.
Too soon to make changes in Obamacare.
Jay Inslee:
Lower eligibility for Medicare; provide public option.
Take initial steps towards universal health care.
Declared emergency over measles anti-vaccination wave.
Amy Klobuchar:
Medicare-for-All for the future; public option now.
Expand Medicare to age 55.
Allow Medicare to directly negotiate prices.
Backs Medicare-for-All.
For public option, taking on Big Pharma.
Medicare-for-all is aspirational and for the future, not now.
Bernie Sanders:
Pharma companies should justify high drug prices.
Impose Medicaid requirements on states.
Medicare-for-all: no more private insurance plans.
State-by-state Medicaid expansion is a major step.
Marianne Williamson:
Make Medicare for All a public option.
Andrew Yang:
ObamaCare is only a good first step.
Aligned with "intactivists": against circumcision.
Source: OnTheIssues.org