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Single payer system is more popular. as you look at the field right now, you have joe biden, beto o'rourke, amy klobuchar who support a system like this, pete buttigieg, i should add, a medicare for those who should want it, and bernie sanders and elizabeth warren on the other side of it. this will be an ongoing fight in this primary. >> garrett headachaake joining m des moines, iowa. and former aide to jeb bush and mitt romney, matt gorman, and former senior adviser to hillary clinton's campaign, and msnbc contributor, adrian elrod. is this a calculated risk because most of the candidates h...

>> reporter: joe biden ramping up the 2020 battle over health care unveiling his own proposal and taking on medicare for all. >> i understand the appeal of medicare for all. but folks supporting it should be clear that it means getting rid of obamacare. >> reporter: at the center of the plan, building on the obama administration health care initiative, affordable care act. biden's proposal creates a public option allowing people to buy into a medicare-like program and the plan provides subsidies to make coverage through obamacare cheaper for everyone, regardless of income. the ten-year price t...

Political revolution. >> reporter: the fight between electability and progressive purity is playing out as democrats debate how to take on donald trump. >> you've been awakened, awakened by donald trump. let's talk about that genius for a second. >> i don't think you fight by getting up every day and talking about donald trump. i don't. this is our chance to talk about our vision for america. >> reporter: and argue over issues like health care. >> a medicare for all, single-payer system. >> i think that we should not be scrapping obamacare. we should be building on it. >> reporter: a battle is...

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...

With end stage. the program medicare is made up of three parts. part a covers hospital stage. part b covers certain doctor services. part b adds prescription drug coverage. you must be wondering what happens to c. here is c. that's medicare advantage, otherwise known as the all in one alternative to original medicare. medicare add advantage that's a health plan that's operated by private insurance company who are approved by medicare, covering things like special need plans and medicare saving accounts. some people think maybe it needed a different name so it is not confusing. this is the very...