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blm

(113,078 posts)
Sat Nov 2, 2019, 09:48 PM Nov 2019

Politico2018/ Obama touts Medicare for All as evidence of Dems' new ideas

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/07/obamamidterm-campaigning-medicare-for-all-810764

Former President Barack Obama blasted Republicans on Friday for their attempts to dismantle Obamacare and touted "Medicare for all" as evidence Democrats are proposing fresh policy ideas ahead of the midterm elections.

“They’re sabotaging the Affordable Care Act, already cost more than 3 million Americans their health insurance,” Obama said in a wide-ranging speech that also criticized the Trump administration‘s policies. “And if they’re still in power next fall, you better believe they're coming at it again. They’ve said so.”


The remarks at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign launched Obama's midterm campaigning and drew attention to calls for universal health coverage, a cause that has rallied progressives in congressional races and statewide initiatives.

“Democrats aren't just running on good old ideas like a higher minimum wage, they're running on new ideas, Medicare for all,” ...................
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Politico2018/ Obama touts Medicare for All as evidence of Dems' new ideas (Original Post) blm Nov 2019 OP
Thank you Obama for that ringing endorsement of Bernie and Elizabeth!! InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2019 #1
He was supporting Med for All in 2018 as good politics for Dems. blm Nov 2019 #2

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)
1. Thank you Obama for that ringing endorsement of Bernie and Elizabeth!!
Sat Nov 2, 2019, 09:50 PM
Nov 2019

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

blm

(113,078 posts)
2. He was supporting Med for All in 2018 as good politics for Dems.
Sat Nov 2, 2019, 09:56 PM
Nov 2019

He did not endorse Warren and Sanders.

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