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Colin Allred: “We should have a public option to compete with private…”

Featuring: Colin Allred, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Texas

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Democratic candidate for Texas 33rd Congressional District Colin Allred discusses his campaign

Published | Video Starts at 15:31

It's also the wrong thing to do for our families. I want to have coverage for every single Texan that's quality and affordable. Medicare for all or not. Yeah. What I've always thought is that We should have a public option to compete with private insurers and that we can use the ACA. We can use expanding Medicaid and making Medicare work better to cover every single person. And I think as we move towards that, that you'll see many people will take advantage of that public option. (15:31–15:38)

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Advocates for a public option to compete with private insurers using the ACA.

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