Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Pete Buttigieg On Millions Of Americans Possibly Losing Their Private Health Insurance: “I Don’t Care”

Buttigieg on Private Insurance: ‘I Don’t Care’ if People Lose Preferred Coverage Healthcare is a center-stage issue for the 2020 election cycle, both in the Democratic primary and the general election. 
Democratic contenders have differing views on healthcare, but all candidates want government to take up a bigger role in the insurance market. 
Far-left candidates, Sens. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) have pledged to completely destroy the private insurance market with a Medicare for All system, which boats a trillion dollar price tag. 
Former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Pete Buttigieg have all come out in favor of plans with a more modest cost; although these plans, similar to a public option, require less government funding, each still represents an overhaul of the insurance market. 
Pete Buttigieg, who has emerged as a top-tier candidate after the Iowa caucuses, causually brushed off the fact that millions of Americans would lose their preferred insurance under a system exclusively run by the government, as we’ve seen under the Affordable Care Act:

2 comments:

Pete Rowe said...

In other words, the government will regulate you out of business. And if that does not work, then it will take your tax dollars and use them to compete against you and crush you. Surely, we know why South Bend was such a wreck during his term as mayor.

Anonymous said...

"Democratic contenders have differing views on healthcare..." Bullshit!

Every Democrat and most Republicans agree with Buttcrack's policy sentiment. They only differ in the degree to which they obfuscate their beliefs.