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Andrew Yang CALLED OUT By ABC News Host For LYING About Supporting Medicare For All!
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Andrew Yang, pressed on health care, says he would 'expand' universal health care 'over time'
Presidential candidate Andrew Yang defended his recently released health care plan, saying that he would work toward a "vision" of "universal health care for all Americans," despite his plan not directly supporting "Medicare for All" or a public option.
"We need to move towards universal health care that's high quality and nearly cost free for Americans around the country," Yang said on "This Week" Sunday. "But reality is, we have millions of Americans who are on private insurance right now and taking those plans away from them very quickly would be untenable for many, many Americans.""To me, the goal of the government has to be to demonstrate that we can outcompete private plans and then push them out of the market over time," Yang added.Yang’s campaign outlined his plan earlier this month, saying, "To be clear, I support the spirit of 'Medicare for All,'" before adding, "Swiftly reformatting 18% of our economy and eliminating private insurance for millions of Americans is not a realistic strategy, so we need to provide a new way forward on health care for all Americans."
On Sunday, ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl questioned Yang on two political ads his campaign ran this fall that touted moving to a Medicare for All system.
"I'm confused. Your ad is explicit. Your ad says, Medicare for All. Your plan is not Medicare for All. It's not even Medicare for some because in your plan there's not even a public option," Karl said.
"Well, our health care plan would be based on Medicare and expanding it over time to more and more Americans," Yang responded. "You'd lower the eligibility age and then you make it widely accessible."
Yang’s plan stops short of offering the public option plan that even moderate candidates like former Vice President Joe Biden and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg have committed to implementing.
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