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Graham Platner: “Continue pushing for universal health care, Medicare for…”

Featuring: Graham Platner, Populist, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Maine

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Graham Platner Is Staying in the Race | The New Yorker Radio Hour

Published | Video Starts at 21:46

We feel unrepresented. What do you want to get done in the Senate? What are, say, three top policies that you would concentrate on? Because you can't concentrate on everything. No. Continue pushing for universal health care, Medicare for all. We also need to restrict the ability of senators and congresspeople to trade stocks and bonds. It's it's essentially legalized corruption and it needs to end. (21:46–21:50)

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Asserts support for universal health care policy, specifically Medicare for all.

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