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March 31, 2020

Despite Coronavirus Pandemic, Biden Continues to Reject Single-Payer Healthcare
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In the United States, Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice
President Joe Biden has doubled down on his rejection of single-payer
healthcare as the coronavirus pandemic has already created record levels
of unemployment - which is costing many their employer-sponsored
healthcare - and millions of Americans face economic devastation. This
is Biden speaking on MSNBC.

Joe Biden: "Single payer will not solve that at all. The thing that is
needed is, for example, we have a whole number of hospitals that are
being so stretched, including rural hospitals, they're going to need
more financing. That doesn't come from a single-payer system. That comes
from the federal government stepping up and dealing with the concerns
that they have."

Exit polls at primary voting sites show that Democrats largely favor a
single-payer system, such as Medicare for All, including in conservative
states.


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