Joe Biden opened the DemDebate by knocking both Warren and Sanders on health care, singling out Warren for tying herself to the Sanders plan. “I know the senator says she is for Bernie,” Biden says, standing between the pair. “Well, I am for Barack.”
The Democratic candidates are on stage right now debating health care.
, the legislation proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders to establish a single, national, government-run health plan. Some 14% said they would only vote for a candidate who supports Medicare for All. , and nearly two-thirds said the same about the public option, a government-run health insurance plan that aims to compete with private insurers.
Some 53% of the public now has a favorable opinion of the Affordable Care Act, an increase driven mainly by a larger share of Democrats holding a positive view of former President Barack Obama’s landmark health reform law.
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