Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumBernie distances himself from AOC's comments, says Medicare for All is 'already a compromise
Las Vegas (CNN)Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday night broke from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who in a recent interview suggested that passing a watered down version of "Medicare for All" in a deeply divided Congress would still represent a major achievement for the Democratic Party's progressive wing.
Asked about her comments by CNN's Anderson Cooper during a town hall in Las Vegas, Sanders gently disputed Ocasio-Cortez's framing of the situation, and argued that his legislation's four-year transition "is, in a sense, already a compromise."
"I love Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She has done more in her first year in Congress to transform politics, to get young people involved, than any freshman member of Congress that I can remember," Sanders said. "But my view is that Medicare for All, the bill that we wrote, is in a sense already a compromise. It is a four-year transition period."
Ocasio-Cortez, in an interview with HuffPost last week, acknowledged that the ambitious plan to wipe out the private insurance industry and replace it with a universal, government-run program would face a rocky road in Congress.
"A president can't wave a magic wand and pass any legislation they want," she said, before considering the alternative.
"The worst-case scenario? We compromise deeply and we end up getting a public option," she said of what could unfold during a Sanders presidency. "Is that a nightmare? I don't think so."
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BlueMTexpat
(15,349 posts)AOC and the rest of "The Squad" will see the error of their ways anytime soon?
I really hope for this.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden