Colorado Governor Jared Polis ran interference for the Harris campaign on Sunday, insisting she’s departed from the far-left’s “Medicare For All” proposal and moved to the center.
ABC News “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl played clips from Kamala Harris’s 2020 campaign where she repeatedly pledged to support “Medicare For All” before noting the Harris campaign claims she no longer supports the radical policy.
Karl then asked Polis why the sudden policy shift from the Harris campaign.
“Well, look, as a basic value, should every American have access to health care? Absolutely,” Polis replied.
As the Harris campaign says Vice Pres. Kamala Harris is no longer pushing “Medicare for All,” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says, “It’s not a one-size-fits-all solution.”
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“I think she understands and Americans want to have their choice of health care.” https://t.co/TZBc4jKQ91 pic.twitter.com/BYt60p9c3i
“Almost every other wealthy country does that. We do it very poorly,” he continued. “In our nation, people overpay for insurance. There’s people that still lack coverage. They don’t get it through work; they make too much to get it through Medicaid. They’re not old enough to get it for Medicare.”
Polis went on to say Harris is committed to “taking on the special interests” in the pharmaceutical, hospital and provider industry.
“It’s not a one size fits all solution. I think she understands that Americans want to have their choice of health care but can we do better and save people money on health care?” he said. “Absolutely. And I expect that she’ll be working hard to deliver real results, so that people’s monthly insurance premiums are lower and that the American people are able to afford healthcare.”
Karl even carried water for Harris, suggesting that at some point she “decided” that eliminating private health insurance and replacing it with Medicare for everybody “was the wrong approach.”
Polis agreed, again claiming Harris recognizes there is “not a one size fits all solution for health care.”
“This is a very challenging, divisive issue, right?” he said. “It’s not one that lends itself to a one word answer. It’s figuring out, of course first and foremost, how Americans can save money with what they have.”
There’s a reason GovTrack rated Harris as the “most liberal senator” of 2019 (before suddenly wiping it off the web just days after she became the Democrat nominee) and there’s a reason she told CNN her “values have not changed.”
Harris remains a committed radical leftist, but must simply move to the center rhetorically in hopes of attracting more independent and moderate votes, much like Joe Biden did during his 2020 campaign before implementing the most radical far-left agenda in U.S. history.
COMRADE KAMALA: “MY VALUES HAVE NOT CHANGED.” pic.twitter.com/JjY3kUJyH4
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