Beto O’Rourke, asked why he doesn’t favor Medicare for All, said patients who need medical assistance "don’t have time for us to get to the perfect solution."
He went on to say that lawmakers must work to fix the system that is currently in place. O'Rourke said he supports the "Medicare for America" plan.
Here's why:
"If we were to start from scratch, maybe we would start with a single payer, but we’ve got to work with the system that we have here today. The surest, quickest way to get there is Medicare for America. It guarantees every single person in this country gets the care that they need to live to their full potential and do those things that they were placed on this planet to perform in the first place. So that’s why I support that plan."
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