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Says there's a more universal way to do it. that's the debate we're going to see. >> dan, most developed countries have some form of universal care, universal insurance coverage. there are many ways to get at this. my sense coming up with medicare for all i happen to like as a canadian because it's very similar to the single payer system in canada. but it confuses the issue-there are people in favor of medicare for all. then as you say, when you add in your poll did, add in the question, is that okay if you eliminate your private insurance, i think it's a lack of understanding that people have...

Year? a new "washington post"/abc news poll finds 89% of those surveyed says health care is the top issue in the 2020 election just as it was in the 2018 election. gun violence was next, followed by women's issues. if there's anybody in the audience who can read what those things say, i can't tell. there we go, immigration. women's issues, immigration, 80% at global warming. then the economy. foreign policy, abortion and taxes as of the least concern to democratic leaning voters. joining me now, dan ball, "washington post" chief correspondent. dan, good to see you. thank you for joining us. >>...

Digest if it was well priced out and compared to, and this is what happens if you don't? >> well, that would be great. but as we've seen in past debates, getting those cost estimates or getting people to agree on those cost estimates is a very, very difficult proposition. and you get them coming from people with different ideological viewpoints. and different political viewpoints. and different political interests. so the debate over what the actual cost is as difficult sometimes as what is the structure of a new system versus the current system. >> dan, thank you for your thorough coverage. >...

But is not necessarily going to staunch the flow. i don't think. >> what i liked about the other night was -- >> full disclosure, the mayor is my client. >> okay. >> and i think they needed her -- >> did they time this for later? did they hold it back? >> i think they had to pull her out now to stop the bleeding. >> what i find great, and i hope the audience watching this right now live likes about it, what we thought was going on in the spin room, what we thought was going on covering it down there, what we saw at close range, what the candidates seemed to know, what this major main bar repor...

Berman, and "washington post" dan ball. i'm going to read what you wrote, a citizenship question is expected to deter many immigrants and latinos from responding to the census. that, especially if combined with an effort to exclude non noncitizens from being counted in redistricting would result in a huge transfer of economic and political power to whiter and more republican areas. what's at stake here? >> it's a huge battle for democracy, chris. we already had major concerns that this question would deter responses from latino and immigrant groups that are afraid of the trump administration's...