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Kristen Welker: “A new Wall Street Journal poll shows that close to 60% of voters want Medicare for All.”

Featuring: Kristen Welker, Host of Meet the Press | National

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In 2019, you wrote an op ed entitled, quote, someone needs to say it, Medicare for all is a pipe dream. But Mr. Ambassador, A new Wall Street Journal poll shows that close to 60% of voters want Medicare for All. and more than 40% say it's their top priority. So should Democrats put Medicare for all up for a vote if they win back Congress? Yeah. Well, they, they can. (06:21–06:28)

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Asserts that a significant majority of voters support Medicare for All according to a poll.

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