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The Key Issue Elizabeth Warren Doesn’t Have a Plan For.

Her campaign slogan is ‘I have a plan for that’, but she’s missing something incredibly important.

Lauren Elizabeth
5 min readJun 19, 2019
Photo via Elizabeth Warren on Instagram

Elizabeth Warren’s campaign website is definitely unique, and in a field of over twenty candidates that’s saying something. If there’s an issue that an average American faces, it seems like she’s found a way to address it. Whether it be cancelling student loan debt, or to devote 7 billion dollars to leveling the playing field for historically oppressed communities, you can go to her website and there will be a proposed way to deal with it. She has gathered such a reputation for her policy proposals, that her campaign chose to make it their slogan.

And yet, there’s one incredibly significant issue that her website doesn’t even address, let alone have a plan for.

Medicare for All.

As disappointing as that is, all we have to do is look at her town hall answer concerning universal healthcare to understand why. When asked to explain why Medicare for All would be better for workers, Elizabeth Warren stated the following in response:

“…And then when we talk about Medicare for All, there are a lot of different pathways. What we’re all looking for is the lowest cost way to make sure everybody…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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