Bernie Sanders dropped out of the presidential race—so is Medicare for All dead?

Democratic voters across the country largely rejected the candidates pushing for universal health care in the primary race.

"I'm not a big fan of Medicare for All," Pelosi told Bloomberg News in an interview."I mean, I welcome the debate. I think that we should have health care for all."

However, voters have—according to exit polls by CNN—overwhelmingly said they supported a government-run plan for all as opposed to private insurance. In fact, the majority of Democratic voters said they preferred the idea of a universal health care system in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Michigan, Missouri and Mississippi.

Whether the 2020 Democratic nomination contests will be the final referendum on Medicare for All remains to be seen. Progressives, including Sanders, have argued that the current coronavirus crisis reveals more clearly the need for drastic government reform of the health care system. However, Biden countered this argument in the most recent Democratic debate, noting that Italy's universal health care system had not prevented the virus' spread.

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