Making the click-through worthwhile: Kamala Harris suddenly changes her mind on eliminating private insurance; many in the Senate GOP say that they have no interest in another government shutdown and won’t support the president if there is one; and Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams is cursed to give the response to the State of the Union address.
Kamala Harris Retreats on Banning Private Insurance
Kamala Harris pulls an Emily Litella: “Never mind.”
By stating she would eliminate private insurers as a necessary part of implementing “Medicare-for-all,” California Sen. Kamala Harris during a CNN town hall Monday night sent a shockwave through the national health care debate.
. . . As the furor grew, a Harris adviser on Tuesday signaled that the candidate would also be open to the more moderate health reform plans, which would preserve the industry, being floated by other congressional Democrats. It represents a compromise position that risks angering “Medicare-for-all” proponents, who view eliminating private health ...
