Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, assured senators Wednesday that as HHS secretary he will build on the existing private sector insurance scheme in the U.S. rather than push for Medicare for All.
When he was a member of the House, Becerra championed the government-run health program that would cover all Americans, a shift that would effectively wipe out the private-sector health insurance industry.
“The most important thing is to give everyone in this country coverage, good coverage,” Becerra, now California’s attorney general, said in response to a question from the ...
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