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LISTEN: Nancy Pelosi Rejects Her Party’s Calls For Single-Payer Health Insurance

Molly Prince
LISTEN: Nancy Pelosi Rejects Her Party’s Calls For Single-Payer Health Insurance
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi dismissed her party’s calls to pass Medicare for All on Saturday and instead defended the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as the most politically viable health insurance option for Americans.

“No, I do not,” Pelosi replied during an interview with NPR when she was asked if she agreed with many of the Democratic presidential candidates’ demands to implement a single-payer health care system.

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