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Vice President Mike Pence hit Democrats fduring a Trump Latino coalition launch Tuesday in Miami as they head into debates in that very city Wednesday and Thursday.

Most of the prominent 2020 Democrat presidential candidates said that illegal immigrants should have access to free health care either under Medicare for All, a public option, or other government health programs.

2020 Democrat presidential candidates continue to spar over whether to back the single-payer Medicare for All or a government public health option.

A New York Times survey released Sunday found that more 2020 Democrats presidential candidates favor a public health insurance option over a single-payer Medicare for All program.

If President Donald Trump were actually failing, the case against his re-election would be straightforward.

Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Tuesday that populism, especially on the right, continues to serve as the “underdog” against the “entrenched establishment.”

Former Vice President Joe Biden said Monday that every American should have access to Medicaid as a form of “public option” alternative to Medicare for All.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is taking aim at the Koch Brothers in a new fundraising campaign over the billionaire duo’s decision to get involved in Democrat primaries.

Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) slammed Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Thursday in an exclusive comment to Breitbart News McCarthy contended the single-payer Medicare for All proposal would lead to “higher taxes, longer wait times, and worse care.”

Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) said Wednesday during a House Ways and Means hearing on universal health coverage that he was concerned about the lack of “pay-fors” in Medicare for All.

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry told Breitbart News Tonight on Tuesday that Republicans need to step up and fix health care. 

The American Medical Association (AMA) rejected a resolution Tuesday that would have ended their opposition to Medicare for All and backed the single-payer healthcare proposal.

Democrat Iowa caucus voters list three top priorities for 2020 presidential candidate: Gun control, abortion on demand, and climate change.

Several prominent conservative groups announced an anti-Medicare for All coalition to combat single-payer health care and push for more free-market solutions to the healthcare industry.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) told former Rep. John Delaney (D-MD) Sunday to “sashay away” over his opposition to Medicare for All, contending that the single-payer, government-run health care program is “sound policy.”

Attendees at the California Democratic Convention booed Former Maryland Representative John Delaney (D) after he called the left’s hardline “Medicare for All” stance into question. 

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said on Saturday the U.S. should stop “endless wars,” cut military spending, and “move toward a global community.”

House Budget Committee chairman John Yarmuth (D-KY) backed Medicare for All on Thursday despite his earlier reservations about the single-payer legislation’s political viability. 

Former Colorado Governor and 2020 presidential candidate John Hickenlooper on Wednesday evening told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow that President Donald Trump will win back the White House in 2020 if the party does not distance itself from socialism.

Presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) admitted not only the rich would pay their fair share to fund Medicare for All but regular folks would help foot the bill for government-run universal health care.

During a town hall on MSNBC on Tuesday, 2020 presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) stated that under a Medicare for all system, “the odds-on favorite is that you will be able to keep your doctor” because 91% of doctors

Democrat 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said Sunday that she does not poll-test her policy proposals.

Rep. Pramila Jayayal (D-WA) said Wednesday that “it’s not a question of if, it’s a question of when” America has single-payer health care.

The House Budget Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday on “components” and “considerations” for “establishing a single-payer health care system.”

Rep. Donna Shalala (D-FL) said Wednesday most of her constituents do not want Medicare for All and they “want to keep their private health insurance.

Former Vice President Joe Biden claimed Tuesday that the “vast majority” of Americans remain satisfied with their current health care.

In an interview released Sunday with CBS affiliate network in Iowa, 2020 White House contender Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) pledged to eliminate private insurance and raises taxes to help fund his “Medicare for All” plan if elected president.  

While speaking with Iowa CBS affiliate KCCI, 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) discussed his Medicare for All plan. Sanders revealed that his plan would do away with private insurers, however, Americans will be paying more in taxes.

Scott Flanders, the CEO of eHealth, said recently that Medicare for All would “collapse” Medicare and the overall healthcare system. 

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) claimed Sunday that her support for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) Medicare for All bill does not mean that she wants to eliminate private health insurance, despite that Sanders’ bill would eliminate the industry entirely.

Former U.S. Rep. John Delaney (D-MD), who is running for president in 2020, criticized his Democratic rivals for embracing left-wing policies like “Medicare for All” and the “Green New Deal” Tuesday, calling them “unrealistic.”

Humana CEO Bruce Broussard reversed his previous support for Medicare for All and said his company does not support a single-payer, government-run healthcare plan, according to a report released Sunday. 

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is pushing back on Joe Biden’s claim that he is the most liberal candidate in the Democrat presidential field.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said in a report this week that a potential transition to Medicare for All could be “complicated, challenging,” and potentially disruptive.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said Tuesday that one million private health insurance workers will get “displaced” under Medicare for All.

Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of the Job Creators Network, unloaded on the Democrats’ “Medicare for All” healthcare plan, calling it a socialist scheme that would “cripple the economy” and throw the U.S. into a recession.