Former Senate majority leader Harry Reid called Medicare for All and decriminalizing border crossings bad ideas in an interview with Vice News published on Tuesday.
When asked if Medicare for All would be problematic for his party in 2020, Reid said, "Of course it would be."
"How are you going to get it passed?" Reid asked. "I think that we should focus on improving Obamacare. We can do that — without bringing something that would be much harder to sell."
The Democratic Party has moved farther left since Reid's departure from politics. Many leading 2020 Democratic candidates have embraced Medicare for All, with Sens. Cory Booker (D., N.J.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.), Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), and Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) all cosponsoring Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I., Vt.) Medicare for All legislation. The legislation would eliminate private insurance and force everyone into a government-run insurance plan.
Despite her cosponsorship, Harris has recently come out against Sanders's legislation, saying people want to be able to choose.
Reid: Medicare for All, Decriminalizing Border Crossing Bad Ideas
- by: Andrew Kugle
- 2019-08-20
- Source:
Free Beacon
- 08/20/2020
