In the US, healthcare is a prominent topic for citizens living there and recently two presidential hopefuls Clinton and Sanders went head on about the subject. Last Thursday, Hillary Clinton accused Bernie Sanders that he was misleading the US people by releasing to the public incorrect costs and viability about his healthcare plan, which she says, “cannot be kept”.
In the sixth presidential debate held, Clinton took the debate to another level when she attacked Sanders healthcare policy by making it known that it would trigger a reversal of the Obamacare and cause another political struggle to begin. According to Clinton, “You need to level with people about what they will have at the end of the process you are proposing”. She then continued, “Based on every analysis I can find by people who are sympathetic to the goal, the numbers don’t add up”.
Sanders retaliated by making it known that dismantling the Obama care is not his intention. He defended himself by trying to point out that he is looking out for the people by providing proper healthcare, which usually can be found in industrialized countries. “We are not going to dismantle anything,” he promised.
“In my view healthcare is a right of all people, not a privilege, and I will fight for that”, Clinton retorted. Clinton came to the debate on Thursday with the intention of calming growing pressures being experienced by her supporters after having a hard day of debate against Sanders at the primary election held at New Hampshire in which he won by 22 points. She also lost to Sanders at Iowa by a very slim margin. Both New Hampshire and Iowa have nearly all whites living in them. Sanders tactic is to build on the momentum he already gained by the two wins. His hope is to convince voters that he is ready and prepared to spearhead the Democratic Party into victory against the Republican Party in the upcoming election to be held on November 8.
Sanders argued saying, “What our campaign is indicating is that the American people are tired of establishment politics. They want a political revolution”. The next showdown will be held in Nevada and South Carolina states and these states are Clinton’s stomping ground. In those two states, majority of blacks and Hispanics make up the population and polls show that they are more ready to support Clinton.
Clinton in the meantime is shining after winning an endorsement on Thursday from the famous Congressional Black Caucus. Sanders team on the other hand is moving forward and launches a drive to win the confidence of Afro-American voters. To complete his plan, Sanders met with the leader of the civil rights movement Al Sharpton later after the New Hampshire showdown. To show how serious he is, Sanders increased his staff and vigorously started airing his advertisement.
The South Carolina debate will be held on February 27. The debate will accelerate the presidential race into 28 other states in the country where Florida, Ohio and Illinois would become big wins. It is not who can give the best speeches, but rather it is which candidate can swing votes his or her way.