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Buttigieg on Whether Private Insurance Remains Intact Under His Plan: ‘To Be Honest, I Don’t Care’

‘Either they will come up with something better that will compete with the plan I am putting out there or they will fail’

“I don’t care.”

The fate of 150 million Americans’ insurance plans doesn’t matter to Mayor Pete Buttigieg, the 2020 candidate said Tuesday.

Appearing at a campaign event Tuesday in Salt Lake City, Utah, Mayor Pete appeared dismissive of Americans’ concerns that a universal health-care plan will mean the end of private insurance plans they prefer over a government run program.

Speaking of his plan, Buttigieg said: "The question of whether it leaves private insurance intact, that's actually up to the insurance companies.”

“Either they'll come up with something better that'll compete with the plan I'm putting out there or they'll fail,” he continued. “And to be honest, I don't care."

Buttigieg is positioning himself as a moderate against the backdrop of the more strident left-wing candidates, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) 

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