Obama endorses ‘Medicare for All’ in campaign rollout

Published September 7, 2018 5:50pm ET



Former President Barack Obama on Friday endorsed an idea being pushed by liberal Democrats to give everyone coverage under Medicare, calling it one of the “good new ideas” that Democrats are promoting.

“Democrats aren’t just running on good old ideas like a higher minimum wage, but on good new ideas like ‘Medicare for All,'” Obama said in a speech delivered in Urbana, Ill., Friday that was intended to kick off his midterm election campaigning.

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