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February 25, 2021 6:06 AM
By Brandon Lee
Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Health and Human Services Department, assured lawmakers yesterday that as HHS secretary he’d build on the existing private sector insurance scheme in the U.S. rather than push for Medicare for All.
When he was a member of the House, Becerra championed the federal government-operated health-care program that would cover all Americans, in a shift that would effectively wipe out the private-sector health insurance industry.
“The most important thing is to give everyone in this country coverage, good coverage,” said Becerra, now California’s attorney general, in response to a question from the Senate Finance Committee’s ranking member, Mike Crapo (R-Idaho). Biden has “made it very clear where he wants to build on the Affordable Care Act. That will be my mission,” he said. ....

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