Centrists say this is proof Sanders or Warren can't win. They're wrong

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54. What I don't like about Warren repeatedly contending that no one likes his or her plan is that

this insistence shows that either she didn’t do her homework or refuses to listen. Admittedly, many private plans are way too pricey and, unregulated, rip off consumers when they most need help.
She is right about their failures. On the other hand, many millions have affordable and high quality plans they feel they worked for, some carrying over with retirement, even quite early retirement, and then entirely benefits paid for—no deductible, low drug costs, 100 percent coverage,

A better argument then is to acknowledge that many have excellent plans, but that they can have equally good and thorough coverage for themselves without paying more in taxes, and that, in any case, their fellows deserve, as a right, as a public health matter, to have equally good care.

She and Bernie also need to concede that as in other countries offering universal healthcare, taxes will get raised, greater demand mean challenges to supply, all treatments, screenings, medications not necessarily offered. Wait times, especially in the first years of roll out, might be longer for some procedures and screenings, to see specialists, top-tier care in complex cases might mean going out of pocket.

Further, M4All will not be immediately or easily implemented. In the meantime, both Sanders and Warren should propose a plan to ensure as many as possible are still covered. They need to promise to protect Medicare, expand Medicaid, reverse Republican’s gutting Obamacare.