The intra-party debate on how to revamp the health care system remained the dominant issue during Thursday night's debate.
Published 5:00 AM EDT Sep 13, 2019The leading Democratic presidential candidates appeared on stage together for the first time at Thursday night's debate — and the field was feisty.
"Well, Joe said that Medicare for All would cost over $30 trillion," said Sanders, who repeatedly referred to Biden by his first name."That's right, Joe. status quo over 10 years will be $50 trillion. Every study done shows that Medicare for All is the most cost-effective approach to providing health care to every man, woman, and child in this country. I, who wrote the damn bill, if I may say so ...
On the trail, she's not so subtly dinged Biden for suggesting if he wins the White House, he will bring bipartisan comity to Washington. The moment alone marked the most substantive back-and-forth between the two candidates over the course of the three-hour debateKamala Harris calls Trump a 'little dude' and other moments from the Democratic debate
O’Rourke recalled meeting the mother of a 15-year-old who was gunned down in an Aug. 31 shooting in Odessa and Midland, Texas, that left eight dead "Well, look, I mean, obviously, he didn't pull the trigger, but he's certainly been tweeting out the ammunition," Harris said of Trump. "Donald Trump in office on trade policy, you know, he reminds me of that guy in"The Wizard of Oz," you know, when you pull back the curtain, it's a really small dude?"
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