Blackburn: 'Medicare for All' Too Expensive to Consider

Allowing Medicaid for all, as Sen. Kamala Harris has said she backs as part of her 2020 presidential campaign, would be a mistake that would be too expensive to afford, Sen. Marsha Blackburn said Wednesday.

"I'm telling you, just don't do it," the Tennessee Republican said on Fox News' "America's Newsroom."

"That should be the reaction, because it is too expensive to afford, at $32.6 trillion over a decade."

Further, said Blackburn, the $700 billion that was taken out of Medicare to back up Obamacare should be replaced.

"Rural hospitals are closing," said Blackburn. "We don't need more government-run healthcare."

Many of the proposals being pushed in the Democrat-controlled House are extreme, said Blackburn.

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