Mayor Pete’s Health Care Plan Is a Joke
Pete Buttigieg can't stop attacking Medicare for All. But his own health care plan is so bad it borders on the comical.
Pete Buttigieg on February 8, 2020 in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)
The health care debate has popped back in the news again, as Pete Buttigieg attempts to gain ground in the primary by attacking Medicare for All. Buttigieg’s health plan has mostly avoided scrutiny in the debate so far, which is a shame because it is so bad that it borders on comical.
Impossible Enrollments
In the first part of Buttigieg’s plan, he says he is going to automatically enroll the millions of uninsured people with incomes low enough to already be eligible for free insurance:
Over half of people with no insurance are eligible for either free insurance or an affordable insurance option. Anyone eligible for free coverage in Medicaid or the public option will be automatically enrolled, and those eligible for subsidized coverage will have a simple enrollment option.
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