my view is that we ve got a lot of great people running but some of these ideas are better left in the college faculty lounge. she actually said this during the debate, to her credit. great idea, bad plan. i can t remember her exact verbiage. she has come at, in a respectful way, these front-runners. centrists are taking a position that polling reflects when you look at not just democrats. people don t want to give up their private health insurance. medicare for all is all fun and games until you ask the question, would you be willing to give up your insurance, then it gets more dicey. there s two fundamental problems democrats have. one, 149 million americans have a private plan that they generally like or at least find acceptable. they re scared of a government alternative and paying for it is vastly expensive. covering people who are currently uncovered, by definition hard to cover, it costs a lot of money.
achieve universal health care without raising taxes on the middle class. anyone who lets the words medicare for all escape their lips should tell us just as plainly how they plan to get there. you seem there to be accusing some of your rivals of not being upfront of paying for medicare for all. steven colbert earlier this week seemed to suggest that senator warren wasn t being upfront. she is known for being straightforward and was extremely evasive when asked that question. if you are proud of your plan and it s the right plan you should defend it in straightforward terms. it s puzzling when everybody knows the answer to that question of whether her plan and senator sanders plan will raise middle class taxes is yes. why wouldn t you say so and then explain why you think it s the better way forward? our plan does not require raising middle class taxes? it does create a way for everybody to be covered. i think that s what most americans want. people are used to washington
finish in the top three senator kamala harris told an aide i m f ing moving to iowa. i want to get to iowa in a minute. take a minute what mayor pete buttigieg told me about his new medicare for all plan, all who want it, he said. criticism of his opponents, especially elizabeth warren about whether or not they re fully explaining whether or not she s fully explaining how she s going to pay for it. take a listen. senator warren is known for being straightforward and was extremely evasive when asked that question. and we ve seen that repeatedly. i think if you are proud of your plan and it s the right plan, you should defend it in straightforward terms. it s puzzling when everybody knows the answer to that question, of whether her plan and senator sanders plan would raise middle class tacks is yes, why wouldn t you say so? sanders is more direct but
taxes will go up, premiums will be eliminated and universal coverage will be provided, that is an important context. he has a point. warren was grilled by stephen colbert earlier this week and wouldn t give an answer to it. she has an answer for everything except the most important issue. i think mayor pete calling people evasive, not straightforward, in february, january when he launched on the presidential scene, he was saying single payer great centrist position, compromised position. now i think he has worked out there s nowhere for him to go. he hasn t had that continual rise. he s in the joe biden lane, has a joe biden plan and is attacking the main rival of joe biden, swallowing up all the votes between biden and sanders. it s kind of opportunistic on his part as well. opportunistic politician. what? indeed, indeed. listen to this, someone else perhaps in that biden lane is senator amy klobuchar. listen to her earlier today spl
people are unwilling to pay higher tacks to cover someone else. they re not scared of a government alternative. looking at the polling, they do like medicare for all in principle. when you drill into details you can ask polling questions any way you want. if you tell them you get to keep their doctor, their position changes. i m with warren on this, i don t think anyone loves their insurance. they like their plan. they like their doctor. one in four americans uses that. change jobs. we see what s happening in gm. look, you can ask the question any way in polling and get any result. you tell people you re going to lose your health care plan and access to your doctor you like and you re going to pay more, that is deeply unpopular. that s probt with this plan and that s why she won t answer it. we won t resolve this right now. iowa, senator kamala harris is doubling down, going there. senator bernie sanders got rid of his political director in iowa this summer. it s pretty p