Biden cites delays, cost when asked about Medicare for All veto
Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE pointed to “delays” and “cost” when asked in a new interview if he would veto a “Medicare for All” proposal championed by Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.), his rival in the Democratic presidential primary, if elected to the White House.
“Veto question. Let’s flash forward. You’re president. Bernie Sanders is still active in the Senate. He manages to get Medicare for All through the Senate in some compromised version, the Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE version or other version. Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiTrump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Pelosi: Georgia primary ‘disgrace’ could preview an election debacle in November MORE gets a version of it through the House of Representatives,” MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell asked the former vice president late Monday. “It comes to your desk. Do you veto it?”
“I would veto anything that delays providing the security and the certainty of health care being available now. If they got that through in by some miracle or there’s an epiphany that occurred and some miracle occurred that said, OK, it’s passed. Then you got to look at the cost,” Biden responded.
ADVERTISEMENT
Biden also said he would want to know how lawmakers expected to pay for the proposal, which he said would cost “$35 trillion.”
“Look, my opposition isn’t to the principle that there should be — you should have Medicare. I mean, I — look, everybody — health care should be a right in America. My opposition relates to whether or not, A, it’s doable, two, what the cost is, and what the consequences for the rest of the budget are,” Biden said.
Click Here: cheap INTERNATIONAL jersey
“How are you going to find $35 trillion over the next 10 years without having profound impacts on everything from taxes for middle class and working class people as well as well as the impact on the rest of the budget?” he asked.
Joe Biden tells @Lawrence that, as president, he would veto Medicare-for-All if it passed both houses of Congress and came to his desk. pic.twitter.com/AOfPsXI3Xq
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) March 10, 2020
ADVERTISEMENT
Sanders’s plan is estimated to cost $30 trillion over 10 years. The progressive has cited a study from Yale University that found his plan would lower health costs by $450 billion a year.
Voters in six states will cast ballots in the Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday. Biden holds a slight lead over Sanders in delegates after a strong showing on Super Tuesday last week.
The former vice president built a double-digit lead over Sanders nationwide among likely Democratic voters in a CNN poll released Monday. The poll found that 52 percent of voters said they wanted Biden to win the nomination, while 36 percent chose Sanders.
