It is unfair to say simply how much more a program will cost without letting people know we are doing away with the cost of private insurance and that the middle class will be paying substantially less for health care under a single-payer system than Hillary Clinton’s program.
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“In a January 5 speech in Sioux City, Iowa, she asserted that ‘everybody who’s looked at my proposals says my proposals are tougher, more effective, more comprehensive.’ It wasn’t true then, as The Washington Post reported, and it’s not true now”. Challenged anew by Bernie Sanders, Clinton is reverting to some of the same themes, even strikingly similar attack lines, from her 2008 primary loss to Barack Obama.
The Clinton campaign cried foul after the Sanders campaign released a television ad in Iowa and New Hampshire in which he tells viewers there are “two Democratic visions for regulating Wall Street”. He clarified that the reason they were surprised is because Sanders himself, personally guaranteed that he will never run a negative advertisement.
During the interview, Vilsack showed continued support for the Democratic nominee, saying “Hillary Clinton has withstood pressure over the course of her incredible career”.
“There has not been a negative ad directed at Bernie Sanders yet”, Vilsack said.
“I’m asking Senator Sanders does the same thing”. His campaign, however, denied that the ad is negative, adding that the commercial is a simple comparison of the two.
Chelsea Clinton charged that Sanders would “strip millions and millions and millions of people of their health insurance”.
She’s accusing the Vermont senator of withholding information and not being totally clear on his stand on issues such as gun control and health care.
Sanders spent $1.4 million last week compared to Clinton’s $1.2 million for ads in in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada, according to an ad buying source. Clinton’s campaign has spent a total of $14.6 million on TV ads compared to Sanders’ $10.3 million.
Those three counties account for 27 percent of his supporters, though they hold just 21 percent of all likely Democratic caucus participants, poll director Ann Selzer said.
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When Clinton pledged not to raise taxes on families making less than $200,000 in last month’s Democratic debate, Sanders retorted that paid family leave is a worthy investment.
