Politico2018/ Obama touts Medicare for All as evidence of Dems' new ideas
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/07/obamamidterm-campaigning-medicare-for-all-810764
Former President Barack Obama blasted Republicans on Friday for their attempts to dismantle Obamacare and touted "Medicare for all" as evidence Democrats are proposing fresh policy ideas ahead of the midterm elections.
Theyre sabotaging the Affordable Care Act, already cost more than 3 million Americans their health insurance, Obama said in a wide-ranging speech that also criticized the Trump administrations policies. And if theyre still in power next fall, you better believe they're coming at it again. Theyve said so.
The remarks at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign launched Obama's midterm campaigning and drew attention to calls for universal health coverage, a cause that has rallied progressives in congressional races and statewide initiatives.
Democrats aren't just running on good old ideas like a higher minimum wage, they're running on new ideas, Medicare for all, ...................