Democrats’ Health-Care Feud Eclipses Message That Won in 2018

  • Biden and Harris attempt to discredit each other’s plans
  • Primary infighting creates risks for 2020 general election
Joe Biden, left, gestures toward Kamala Harris on July 31.

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In the four evenings of Democratic presidential debates since June, one phrase appeared for the first time on Wednesday: “pre-existing conditions.”

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker uttered it in his remarks on health care, chiding fellow Democrats for their infighting as Republicans wage a legal battle to undo the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits insurers from charging people more for being sick.