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Topic: Medicare for America

Democratic presidential candidates South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and former Vice President Joe Biden (Scott Olson/Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Biden: Mayor Pete "stole" my health plan

Shira Tarlo
Democratic presidential hopeful Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks during the fourth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-hosted by The New York Times and CNN at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio on October 15, 2019. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Rivals attack Warren over health care

Shira Tarlo
US Senator Elizabeth Warren (C), Democrat from Massachusetts, speaks with US Senator Bernie Sanders (2nd R), Independent from Vermont, as they discusses Medicare for All legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2017. The former US presidential hopeful introduced a plan for government-sponsored universal health care, a notion long shunned in America that has newly gained traction among rising-star Democrats. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

What a public option could look like

Shira Tarlo
A volunteer hands out a poster as Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders was set to address a “Medicare for All” rally in downtown Columbia, S.C. on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018 (AP/Meg Kinnard)

What Medicare for All would look like

Shira Tarlo
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Is Medicare For America a sober option?

Ed Dolan
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