Harry Reid on Medicare for All: ‘Not a chance in hell it would pass’
by Madison Dibble
| February 19, 2020 07:28 PM
Former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid tossed a wet blanket on Medicare for All ahead of the final debate on Wednesday night before the state’s caucuses take place on Saturday.
Reid, who was the Democratic leader in the Senate, claimed the government-funded healthcare plan touted by Sen. Bernie Sanders would never pass Congress. He told ABC News’s Powerhouse podcast that he thinks "the world of Bernie Sanders" but that he believes Medicare for All is "impractical."
"I’m against it,†Reid explained. “There’s not a chance in hell it would pass.â€
That same criticism has been used by Sanders’s competitor, Amy Klobuchar, who often notes that the current Medicare for All proposal in the Senate could not even get co-sponsored support from half of the Democratic senators, let alone support from Republicans. Reid noted that he would support an expansion of Obamacare that could include a public option at some point.
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