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The democratic party. and so, now the range includes variations on medicare for all. along with obamacare-plus. and that's just normal democratic party debating. it's -- >> it's good stuff. >> let's talk about, for a moment, the state of michigan. it is many things. it is a beautiful state, it is a state that was part of the thriving economic engine of this country. michigan lifted so many families into the american middle class by a good union wage making the cars that filled our brand new interstate highway system. michigan has fallen on some hard times in the industrialized corridors. among...

Announced the president's campaign trail and there will likely be a big talking point on the debate stage next week. bernie sanders, today he actually on message on his own message while in iowa, our own mike is on the road with him and spoke with the senator moments ago. what did he have to say? >>. >> reporter: yeah, of course this whole weekend we have been talking about that back and forth between joe biden and bernie sanders on the issue of medicare for all versus obamacare-plus if you want to call it that. vice president biden during his iowa stops early this week, warning what medicare ...

Proposal which is why he wants to come out and defendant and explain it as much as he can. >> garrett haake is in counsel bluff's iowa for us. let's contrast this plan with the former vice president's, garrett. what are some of the key contras traf contrasts between the two? >> it's obamacare plus. it's what democrats wanted obamacare to be in 2009 and 2010. but what they couldn't quite get entirely. so the biggest plank of it is it would include a public option, a medicare-like buy-in that folks who don't like their current insurance or who can't afford insurance could buy in to across the co...

Hospital. they would have to close under medicare for all. hospitals cannot survive on rates for medicare alone. it's a challenge to bernie sanders and elizabeth warren not to defend coverage for everyone but what does it look like for care for everyone. what does it do for the economy? it's popular for the voters but when you start asking people what if it takes away the coverage you have you like or makes it harder to keep your doctor or your healthcare, support starts to erode. you're seeing him engage more on policy with his other rivals, i call obamacare plus, what they wanted in 2009 and...

Promising to make the affordable care act stronger and talking tough against his progressive 2020 rivals. >> i know how hard it is. i watched it. starting over makes no sense to me at all. i knew the republicans would do everything in their power for obamacare. they still are. i'm surprised so many democrats are running on getting rid of it. >> garrett, let's talk about what we know about this plan. he is trying to draw contrast between him and his opponents ahead of this next debate. >> reporter: yeah. this plan does a lot of work on policy and on politics. on the policy, it's fair to think o...