Elizabeth Warren Abandons Medicare For All Amid Campaign Turmoil

We’ve spent the last several months tracking Elizabeth Warren’s hastened retreat from Medicare for All. What was once a central campaign promise has been all but eliminated from her stump speech – a development which Warren’s supporters and rivals have noticed.

The New York Times: “But Ms. Warren herself is barely speaking of the proposal. After months of attacks from other candidates, and questions and some blowback from both liberals and moderates, the most ambitious and expensive of Ms. Warren’s many plans — and the one most likely to transform the lives of voters — is just a passing mention in her standard stump speech, rarely explored in depth unless a questioner brings it up.”

The Boston Herald Editorial Board is also exposing “Elizabeth Warren, the occasional senator from Massachusetts” for backpedaling on her “free-everything platform.”

Boston Herald: “First, Warren’s Medicare for All plan was revealed to come with an enormous price tag — $32 trillion in tax hikes to be specific, though the senator isn’t specific on where that loot will come from. Taxing the rich down to their last crumb won’t cover the bill. Details, details.

And most recently, Warren, like fellow Medicare for All proponent and Democratic candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, had to admit that the program would cost jobs. Lots of them.”

With the Iowa Democratic caucuses rapidly approaching, Warren’s standing in early state polling has flatlined. Her campaign also recently revealed her fourth-quarter fundraising haul had dropped 30 percent below the previous quarter.

A weakened Elizabeth Warren has also opened a window of opportunity for Bernie Sanders, who also openly admits Medicare for All could eliminate two million jobs.