All Democrats Say Their Health Plan Would Cover Undocumented Immigrants

All Democrats on the stage raised their hands when asked if their health care plan would offer coverage for undocumented immigrants #DemDebate2

The Democrats’ second presidential debate in two nights features most of the 2020 class’ strongest competitors — according to early polling, at least — none with more to lose than former Vice President Joe Biden, who has party establishment backing but faces an increasingly restive and liberal base.
The second 10 candidates face each other and the nation Thursday night in a prime-time confrontation sure to underscore differences along lines of race, gender, generation and ideology that are starting to shape the party’s winding search for a nominee to take on President Donald Trump.
Biden, who is 76, will stand at center stage, shoulder-to-shoulder with the fellow septuagenarian who is his ideological opposite: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. The 77-year-old self-described democratic socialist has pulled his party to the left on key issues, calling for a political revolution that would transform the private health care system into a government-financed one and mandate a redistribution of wealth.
Sanders’ appeal relies on emotion, often anger. Biden preaches pragmatism and relative moderation.
And they represent only two of ten views on the stage Thursday night.
The showdown takes place in Florida, a general election battleground that could well determine whether Trump wins a second term next year. In Florida, as in the nation more broadly, immigration has defined much of the political debate.
This week several Democrats visited a facility where hundreds of immigrant children are being held near the debate site.
Thursday night’s participants had the benefit of having seen 10 other Democrats the previous night. More than 15 million people watched the first contest, according to Nielsen Fast National Data. The viewership exceeded every presidential primary debate in the 2008 and 2012 elections.
Together, the debates are the first high-profile step in a presidential primary process expected to stretch deep into next year.
The leading candidates, including Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren who debated Wednesday night, have shown little interest in attacking their Democratic brethren directly at the start of a marathon campaign. But an effort to undermine either Biden or Sanders, from any number of directions, wouldn’t be a shock.
South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and California Sen. Kamala Harris are among the better known candidates in the next tier. Also on stage: Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Michael Bennet of Colorado, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, New York businessman Andrew Yang, California Rep. Eric Swalwell and author and social activist Marianne Williamson.
If nothing else, Thursday’s slate highlights the diversity of the Democratic Party’s 2020 class.
Buttigieg, a 37-year-old gay former military officer, is four decades younger than Sanders, and has been framing his candidacy as a call for generational change in his party. Harris is the only African American woman to qualify for the presidential debate stage. Any of the three women featured Thursday night would be the first ever elected president.

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[JoshB___]

This exact moment 100% guaranteed Trump's reelection.

[sirjcc]

I've been a law abiding US Citizen almost all my life, parents came in legally waited over a decade, I busted my butt to earn a decent living and pay a ton in taxes. Where is my free healthcare?

[Lloydamusprime]

Fancy way of saying illegal immigrants!

[Adeon]

These people are mind-numbing. I voted for Obama & Kerry, and I feel like a fool for having given $27 to Bernie in 2016. At this point, I can't see myself ever voting Democrat again.

[PPKing]

I can't believe every single one of them raised their hand.

[kenbaker-psej]

Calling an illegal alien an undocumented worker is the same as calling a drug dealer an unlicensed pharmacist.

[jasonszeto]

even CANADA does NOT cover illegal immigrants!

[fimbulwinter]

Raise your hand if you have zero chance of winning in 2020...

[theovskywatcher]

I am a 28 year old working, American CITIZEN with no insurance. Could you think about me before the illegal immigrants? Considering they need immigrants for votes I guess they'll offer to them first.

[johnlott]

All jokes aside, this should be a terrifying glimpse on what America’s future could look like.

[juanhorne]

Scary to hear how the crowd actually cheered at this nonsense

[DocNinini]

Traitors to the land they stand on, absolutely shameful

[shatteredcitizn]

Yup.. an thats 1 reason why i will never vote left...

[wolfkiller]

wtf i thought the "and then everyone clapped" was just a meme kek

[John-cnec]

Who's going to pay for that free healthcare? The people who worked hard to get their money! Seems like a scam to me good sir.

[DaStupidGoose]

no, say it ain't so, i will not go

[edgraziani]

It took only 25 seconds for me to show people when they ask why I support Trump and not the DNC

[charlespehlivanian]

Right. What's worse is witnessing these candidates succumb, one by one, to peer pressure at that moment.

[Panooch]

This should’ve been a huge point brought up during the campaign and debates. Tax payer money going to people who have broken the law, and during a pandemic.

[calvinthestormfreak]

FIX THE HOMELESS PROBLEM FIRST.  HEALTHCARE FIRST.