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Pete Buttigieg: “We called it Medicare for All who want it, you set up a…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Well, let me just ask straight up, do you believe in Singer payer or socialized medicine? So I believe in what I proposed a few years ago. I think it's aged really well. We called it Medicare for All who want it, you set up a public payer. If I'm right that it's going to be better than the others, then it will evolve into the single payer because everybody will want it. (23:59–24:05)

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Asserts that his healthcare proposal was called 'Medicare for All Who Want It' and involved setting up a public payer.

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