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Jeff Merkley: “If you really want competition within the existing system and you did not support Medicare for All, then you support a…”

On the recordMay 11, 2022
If you really want competition within the existing system and you did not support Medicare for All, then you support a public option.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley suggests supporting a public option if Medicare for All is not favored.

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