You have both suggested that you could support a public option here to help with coverage and cost. We want to look at how specifically you would pull that off. Zach Walls, let's start with you. A public option which would allow people to buy into Medicare, would bring more competition. It would lower costs. It would expand coverage. In addition to the public option, I support lowering the Medicare enrollment age to 55 and making sure that we expand the coverage of Medicare to include vision, dental, hearing. (29:47–29:55)
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