In one interview, Warren was asked by a TV host if she’d support single-payer if she were “the tsarina” — if politics weren’t an obstacle. “I think you’ve got to stay with what’s possible,” Warren said, nodding to the recently passed Affordable Care Act.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8h_NBHxAde0&feature=youtu.be …
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In another example, Warren was asked if she backed single-payer and replied: “I think the urgent question now is whether we're going to be able to hold on to the health care reforms that just passed. There are a lot of people who want to repeal them.“
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“It was frustrating,” Ture Turnbull, former executive director of Mass-Care, a single-payer advocacy group in Warren’s home state of Massachusetts, said of her comments in the 2012 race. "There were multiple times where we would approach her, and that was the standard response.”
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2012 was a vastly different time politically: Warren’s Republican opponent, Scott Brown, had won office promising to oppose Obamacare. Warren also had a primary opponent, Marisa DeFranco, who called herself the "only candidate in this race who supports single-payer.”
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Warren’s record on Medicare for All has drawn scrutiny from some single-payer advocates. Many trust that she would push for it as strongly as Bernie Sanders, according to a survey of nearly 20 people and organizations that support Medicare for All. But some are less certain.
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“If Elizabeth Warren is elected president, we’re going to have to work hard to make sure she prioritizes it appropriately," said Sal Rosselli, prez of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, which endorsed Sanders and Warren. "We know that Bernie Sanders will bc of history.”
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She waffling right now! So....
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She still doesn't share the Medicare for All stance of
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She is a co-sponsor on his bill. She shares the exact same stancehttps://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/26/18760646/2020-democratic-debate-elizabeth-warren-medicare-for-all …
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