Cory Booker is running for president and he’s apparently trying to learn from the mistakes of his fellow comrades when it comes to Democrat’s crazy Medicare-for-all proposal.
Today Booker was asked if he was in favor of eliminating private insurance in favor of Medicare-for-all:
Here's the full exchange from Cory Booker
— Matt Viser (@mviser) February 1, 2019
Q: Would you do away with private health care?
A: Even countries that have vast access to publicly offered health care still have privately offered health care. So, no.
After what happened to Kamala Harris, can you blame him for saying no?
But here’s the problem:
Booker has cosponsored Sanders' "Medicare for all" bill, which is for a single-payer system with everyone on public insurance. How he can possibly finesse those two: the bill allows people to buy supplemental private insurance for things not covered. https://t.co/gqz28rOrHX
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 1, 2019
Does Booker remember that he’s a co-sponsor of Bernie’s bill, which would end existing private coverage for more than 177 million Americans? https://t.co/Aau2zM1kHA https://t.co/7DOjijykHl
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) February 1, 2019
Booker co-sponsored the single-payer bill in September of 2017, just barely more than a year ago. How can he say now he doesn’t support it?
This isn’t just the right fudging facts. Even CNN noted that the bill would get rid of private insurance:
Sanders is set to introduce his legislation, which Democrats are calling “Medicare for All,” on Wednesday. It would replace private health insurance markets and have the federal government foot all medical bills.
But now he’s against that? C’mon. We weren’t born yesterday. If Booker gets elected this is exactly what he will pursue, which is why it’s important that people he’s not being honest about this.