“Do you think this program is feasible in our economic climate?” Williams asked. After Harris finished, Williams said she “absolutely” still had questions about where Harris stood, even as she was grateful for the senator’s candor. The Medicare-for-all bill she has endorsed calls for four years of transition to a single-payer system with an eventual, not immediate, disposal of all private insurance. Her answer forced other Democratic candidates to clarify their positions on private insurance as they advocate for a stronger public insurance option. “[Reporting juveniles] ended up being an unintended consequence of the policy and I did not support that consequence of that policy,” Harris said.

Source: Washington Post March 16, 2019 22:30 UTC