Kamala Harris has the least defensible healthcare position of any Democratic candidate
washingtonexaminer | June 28, 2019
Kamala Harris was the big winner overall in Thursday nights debate, but she also managed to create more confusion over her healthcare position. With her subsequent clarification,she has staked out the least defensible ground of any of the 2020 Democratic candidates.
Most of the Democratic field can be divided into two camps. There are those who are unapologetically in favor of ending private insurance that covers 180 million Americans and forcing everybody onto a single government-run plan, and those who believe in creating some sort of optional government-run plan while allowing people to maintain their current coverage.
There's an argument that can be made in defense of both approaches. That is, you could make the case that it's inefficient to maintain private insurers middle men who are sucking money out of the system to rake in profits. Or you could argue for the benefits of limiting disruption by making a government plan optional.