Buttigieg’s Health Plan Gets One Big Thing Right
His proposal explicitly calls out hospital and provider prices as a critical driver of health care costs.
He comes down on Joe Biden’s side with an important twist.
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Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, jumped into the Democratic presidential primary’s most contentious issue on Thursday with the release of his “Medicare for All Who Want It” outline. A particularly bold part of his health plan tackles a key issue largely avoided by the other candidates.
Buttigieg comes down firmly on former Vice President Joe Biden’s side with a plan that closely resembles the one the front-runner released in July. Buttigieg’s proposal would retain the private insurance market, create a public health insurance option with limited auto-enrollment and boost subsidies for lower-income Americans.