Does Pete Buttigieg have a Medicare for all who wants it?
South Bend, Indiana, mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has a “Medicare for all who want it” plan.
What is the Buttigieg plan for health care?
The Buttigieg plan tries to achieve universal coverage — through automatic enrollment, the establishment of a public health insurance plan, and the expansion of federal assistance for people to purchase health insurance — while maintaining a market where private insurers and the government would compete for consumers’ business.
What would Mayor Pete Buttigieg do about health insurance?
Buttigieg would offer public health insurance to those who want it while also keeping private health care plans available.
Who are the voters who pressed Mayor Buttigieg on his plan?
The voters — Michael Logan, a 54-year-old retired Michigan State Police detective sergeant, and Jacque Stahl, 37, who works with a health care group in South Bend — pressed Buttigieg on his plan. Stahl's 5-year-old son has a condition that requires treatment that if uninsured would cost her family $35,000 a month.
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Who were the voters in Pegg's Diner?
Buttigieg at Pegg's Diner in South Bend, Ind., with undecided voters Michael Logan and Jacque Stahl, along with NPR host Scott Simon. The voters — Michael Logan, a 54-year-old retired Michigan State Police detective sergeant, and Jacque Stahl, 37, who works with a health care group in South Bend — pressed Buttigieg on his plan.
Does Buttigieg have public health insurance?
Buttigieg would offer public health insurance to those who want it while also keeping private health care plans available. Other candidates' proposals, including "Medicare for All" — backed by Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren — would replace the current system with a single-payer, government-run program and eliminate private insurance ...
