Friends,

I've campaigned from coast to coast and the issue I hear about most is health care. It's one of the issues we won on in 2018 and helped us take back the House. I've said before that this is "the health care primary," because it's both so important to get right and where we can draw one of the biggest contrasts to Donald Trump in the general.

We have to get this right. We have to keep health care a winning issue for Democrats this fall. I wrote an op-ed in today's USA Today explaining my plan, BetterCare, and how it differs from my opponents in this primary race.

"Currently, only three candidates have detailed plans for universal access — Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders and I. Universal access is the right answer, both morally and economically. The plans advocated by Warren and Sanders, however, call for an extreme “single-payer” system, where the government is the only provider of coverage.

Under BetterCare, Medicare is left alone, because it works, and every American from birth to 65 (seniors are on Medicare) is auto-enrolled in a free federal health care plan that covers basic health care needs. This ensures every American has health care coverage. But unlike the single-payer Medicare for All, Americans could still choose private insurance. They could “opt out” of the BetterCare plan and buy private insurance or receive insurance from their employer. If they “opt out” they would receive a health care tax credit to offset the cost of health care they purchase or that their employer provides.

I encourage you to read the full op-ed and share it with your friends and family on social media. We have to get this issue right this fall and I fully believe my plan is the best to run on and win on.

From the road in Iowa,
John