Where 2020 Democrats stand on
Health care

Bill de Blasio (Dropped out)

Mayor, New York City

de Blasio is no longer running for president. de Blasio raised his hand when asked whether he would get rid of private coverage in favor of a government-run plan during the first Democratic debate. In the second Democratic debate, he argued that private insurers have hurt Americans, saying, “Why are we not going to be the party that does something bold, that says we don't need to be dependent on private insurance? We can have a system that actually covers everyone.”

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. “Yes, we should essentially eliminate private health insurance,” Sanders told The Post. “Private insurance as it exists today is nothing more than a confusing morass designed to make people jump through hoops before they can actually get the care they need.”

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. Warren's Medicare-for-all transition plan pledged “no later than my third year in office, I will fight to pass legislation that would complete the transition to full Medicare for All. By this point, the American people will have experienced the full benefits of a true Medicare for All option, and they can see for themselves how that experience stacks up against high-priced care that requires them to fight tooth-and-nail against their insurance company. Per the terms of the Medicare for All Act, supplemental private insurance that doesn’t duplicate the benefits of Medicare for All would still be available. But by avoiding duplicative insurance and integrating every American into the new program, the American people would save trillions of dollars on health costs.” Warren raised her hand when asked whether she would get rid of private coverage in favor of a government-run plan during the first Democratic debate.

June 26: “Yes, I would support government-run insurance. Health care is a basic human right, and we fight for basic human rights. We need #MedicareForAll.”

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. The Buttigieg campaign told The Post private insurance can stay for now. “I don’t see why it requires that,” Buttigieg told ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos when asked if Medicare-for-all means ending private insurance.

Kirsten Gillibrand (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New York

Gillibrand is no longer running for president. Believes a Medicare-for-all system will eventually displace the private insurance industry. In a February interview on “Lovett or Leave It,” when asked if ending private insurance should be a goal for the party, Gillibrand said it “is a goal, and an urgent goal.” She said as the nation moves toward a Medicare-for-all system, “what’s going to happen is you’re going to create enormous competition and I don’t think for-profit providers are going to be able to compete … Through competition you will get to single payer.”

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. “I’m open to the idea of supplemental insurance programs for additional health-care benefits for those who want it,” Williamson told The Post. “However, I want high-quality Medicare for All coverage for all Americans, to the point where supplemental coverage shouldn’t be a requirement.”

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. “I believe that private health insurance should be allowed to continue to serve those who want to opt out of the public option,” Yang told The Post. “However, I expect the public option to be able to out-compete the private options and that most private options would disappear over time.”

Dec. 27: “We need to provide health care to all Americans, but I would not get rid of all private insurance plans immediately, because millions of Americans are on those plans, enjoy those plans, in many cases negotiated for those plans in lieu of higher wages. The goal of the government has to demonstrate that we can out-compete the private insurance plans and squeeze them out of the market over time.”

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. “Now, what Democrats are saying is, 'If you like your insurance, we're going to take it away from you,' from 180 million people that get their insurance from their employer and like it or 20 million Americans who are on Medicare Advantage, and love it," Bennet said on NBC's Meet the Press. "That seems like a bad opening offer for me."

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. “I think you can have Medicare for all for people that are uncovered, but to replace the entire private system where companies provide health care for their employees would bankrupt us for a very long time,” Bloomberg said in Jan. 2019.

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. When asked by a reporter if he would get rid of private health care, Booker said: “Even countries that have vast access to publicly offered health care still have private health care, so no.”

Steve Bullock (Dropped out)

Governor, Montana

Bullock is no longer running for president. “Nearly 170 million Americans have private insurance through their employers,” Bullock told The Post. “We can do a lot to increase access and lower costs without eliminating a system that’s working for a lot of people. We have to move forward in a way that doesn’t undermine the personal health insurance of whichmany Americans have come to depend.”

Julian Castro (Dropped out)

Former mayor, San Antonio

Castro is no longer running for president. During a campaign event in Des Moines, Castro said he supports Medicare-for-all but wants people to have the option for supplemental private insurance, the Des Moines Register reported.

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. “I think eliminating private insurance would ultimately be bad for patients and bad for the quality of our health-care system overall,” Delaney told The Post. “My universal health-care plan guarantees all Americans coverage, but also allows people to purchase supplemental plans.”

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. “Medicare-for-all would provide quality health care for every single American, at a cheaper price to every one of us,” Gabbard said in an interview on ABC’s “The View.” “If folks want to get their own private insurance at the same time, they’re free to do that.”

Kamala D. Harris (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, California

Harris is no longer running for president. Harris released a new health-care plan days before the second Democratic debate. “[W]e will allow private insurers to offer Medicare plans as a part of this system that adhere to strict Medicare requirements on costs and benefits,” the plan said. “Essentially, we would allow private insurance to offer a plan in the Medicare system ... If they want to play by our rules, they can be in the system. If not, they have to get out.” It is unclear how employer-sponsored plans would fare under her proposal. Previously she said during a January CNN town hall that she would “eliminate” private insurers. Harris provided conflicting responses on this question during and after the first debate.

John Hickenlooper (Dropped out)

Former governor, Colorado

Hickenlooper is no longer running for president. “I probably would oppose Medicare-for-all just because there are over 150 million people, Americans who have some form of private insurance through their business, and the vast majority of them are happy with that," Hickenlooper said on MSNBC.

Jay Inslee (Dropped out)

Governor, Washington state

Inslee is no longer running for president. "I don't think it's necessary," Inslee told CNN when asked about eliminating private insurance.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar prefers offering a Medicaid-type plan, embracing a bill to create a Medicaid-based public health-care option on state insurance marketplaces.

Seth Moulton (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Massachusetts

Moulton is no longer running for president. “I want Medicare, or better, a more modern version of Medicare, to be available to everybody. But I’m not going to force you off your private health if you like it,” Moulton told Good Morning America.

Beto O'Rourke (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Texas

O'Rourke is no longer running for president. During a visit to Iowa, he said he supports the Medicare for America bill from Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.). “What it does, it responds to the fact that so many Americans have said, ‘I like my employer-based insurance. I want to keep it,’” he said. “It complements what already exists with the need that we have for millions of Americans who do not have insurance and ensures that each of them can enroll in Medicare.”

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick doesn't support Medicare-for-all "in the terms we've been talking about," he said in a Nov. 2019 CBS interview. He said he supports a public option.

Tim Ryan (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Ohio

Ryan is no longer running for president. “I personally don’t believe we need to take people off their private health insurance if they enjoy it,” Ryan told CNN.

Joe Sestak (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Pennsylvania

Sestak is no longer running for president. “It remains during the transition of choice by the public option as we cannot immediately remove 255 million Americans who depend upon healthcare in some way, today. As the transition toward single payer is done by this transition via the public option, private insurance remains for those who opt for it,” Sestak told The Post.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. “I don’t believe that we need to tell people who are happy with their private health insurance that they can’t stay with it,” Steyer told The Post. “We can develop a public option that will provide better care at a lower cost so that people will choose that option.”

Eric Swalwell (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, California

Swalwell is no longer running for president. “Americans should have a choice between coverage provided by private companies and that provided by the government,” Swalwell told The Post. “While I do not want to bring an end to private insurance, I support coverage for all, which would be a public option that would drive down the pressure on the private insurers and ultimately lead to more affordable plans for all Americans.”

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. Bennet and Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.) introduced the Medicare-X Choice Act to create a public option for health insurance. "In rural communities, limited competition is leaving many Coloradans with fewer choices, and, in some cases, only one high-cost option" Bennet said. "Medicare-X is a plan that begins to fix this problem by giving families and individuals a meaningful and affordable alternative."

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. “The first step is to create a Medicare-like public option — health insurance that would be administered by the federal government but paid for by customer premiums,” Bloomberg's health plan said. “In rolling out this option, priority would go to the uninsured, including low-income people who are in states that haven’t expanded Medicaid under the ACA. A public insurance option would improve consumer choice and increase competition in the private insurance market, pushing down everyone’s premiums. People of modest means who buy the public option would be eligible for the same subsidies that would apply on the health insurance exchanges.”

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. Booker is a co-sponsor of Schatz's State Public Option Act.

Steve Bullock (Dropped out)

Governor, Montana

Bullock is no longer running for president. “Yes. I believe that we can increase access and affordability by providing a public option for Americans who want to buy into government insurance, which will also ensure competition in the private market,” Bullock told The Post. “In Montana, we expanded Medicaid and brought coverage to 100,000 people, worked to lower prescription drug costs, and implemented a plan for high risk pools that lowered health care costs for others by 8 to 9%. I can bring that kind of success to the national level.”

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. The Buttigieg campaign told The Post he supports creating a public option for people to buy into Medicaid regardless of income.

Julian Castro (Dropped out)

Former mayor, San Antonio

Castro is no longer running for president. Castro supports creating a public option to expand health care, he told The Post.

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. “A key component of my universal health-care plan is that everyone is guaranteed coverage, but that we preserve choice and competition in the system,” Delaney told The Post. “There’s certainly some overlap between my approach and various public option bills.”

Bill de Blasio (Dropped out)

Mayor, New York City

de Blasio is no longer running for president. “I support the State Public Option Act,” de Blasio told The Post.

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. "All Americans should have access to affordable healthcare through Medicare or a public option," Gabbard's campaign website said.

Kirsten Gillibrand (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New York

Gillibrand is no longer running for president. Gillibrand is a co-sponsor of Schatz's State Public Option Act.

Kamala D. Harris (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, California

Harris is no longer running for president. Harris is a co-sponsor of Schatz's State Public Option Act.

John Hickenlooper (Dropped out)

Former governor, Colorado

Hickenlooper is no longer running for president. "As President, [Hickenlooper] is committed to ensure universal coverage by enabling people to buy into a public option such as Medicare," his campaign told The Post. "And would enhance that option to ensure people have a 'medical home' — a place they can turn to consistently for their health needs, with an emphasis on preventive and mental health care."

Jay Inslee (Dropped out)

Governor, Washington state

Inslee is no longer running for president. Inslee, who recently introduced a public option bill in his state, told CNN that health care should move toward universal coverage "like a public option."

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar is a co-sponsor of Schatz's State Public Option Act.

Seth Moulton (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Massachusetts

Moulton is no longer running for president. “Let’s strengthen the Affordable Care Act by introducing a modern public option, like an updated Medicare (which was designed in 1963), and let it compete with private plans to offer the best care at the lowest price to consumers,” Moulton said in a Facebook post.

Beto O'Rourke (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Texas

O'Rourke is no longer running for president. O'Rourke supports creating a public option to expand health care, he told The Post.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick doesn't support Medicare-for-all "in the terms we've been talking about," he said in a Nov. 2019 CBS interview. He said he supports a public option. His campaign website called for “a health care system that provides access to high-quality, low-cost health services everywhere and for every single individual, bar none.”

Tim Ryan (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Ohio

Ryan is no longer running for president. “There are ways to strengthen Obamacare, such as adding a public option, increasing subsidies to make coverage more affordable or lowering the age eligibility for Medicare,” Ryan said in a Facebook post.

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. “I think that until we manage to pass Medicare-for-all, we should be giving states the tools they need to provide affordable, comprehensive coverage to their residents,” Sanders told The Post.

Joe Sestak (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Pennsylvania

Sestak is no longer running for president. Sestak supports creating a public option to expand health care, he told The Post.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. Steyer supports creating a government-backed health care option, he told The Post.

Eric Swalwell (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, California

Swalwell is no longer running for president. “I support coverage for all, i.e., Medicare for all who want it,” Swalwell told The Post. “This would serve as a public option for any American, operating alongside and competing with private insurance plans, in order to drive prices down for everyone. If you’re sick you should be seen, and if you’re seen you shouldn’t go broke.”

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. Warren is a co-sponsor of Schatz's State Public Option Act.

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. “I’m not opposed to that plan, but because Medicaid is not as comprehensive as Medicare, I’m putting my effort into Medicare-for-all,” Williamson told The Post.

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. “I agree with the goal of expanding health coverage provided by the government to more people,” Yang told The Post. “While I personally support the expansion of Medicare to cover all Americans, I’d be happy to work with anyone who is trying to achieve the same end goal -- getting health-care costs off of the backs of American businesses and citizens.”

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. “Roe v. Wade appropriately allows states to outlaw abortions in the third trimester except to save the mother's life. However, late abortions are incredibly rare and usually done for medical reasons. I don’t believe the government should get in the middle of hard, incredibly personal decisions,” Bloomberg told The Post.

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. “Less than 1% of abortions occur after 24 weeks of pregnancy. They often involve heartbreaking circumstances in which someone’s health or life is at risk, or when the fetus has a congenital condition incompatible with life. Subsequent medical decisions are not made better, medically or morally, by government dictating them,” a Buttigieg campaign spokesperson told The Post. “[Buttigieg] trusts individuals and their families to make decisions with guidance from their medical providers, who understand the factors unique to every pregnancy.”

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. Sanders “believes that women should control their own bodies, period,” a campaign spokesperson told The Post. He co-sponsored the Women's Health Protection Act, which prohibits state abortion bans prior to the Roe v. Wade viability standard.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. “The decision to terminate a pregnancy is vastly personal and should be left to the woman and her medical provider to determine the best treatment option,” Steyer told The Post. “It was the work of a generation to ensure that women are able to make their own decisions about their healthcare. Access to affordable, safe, and legal abortion has been fundamental to women’s strides in education and the workforce. Ensuring full reproductive rights is not only a central part of women’s healthcare; it also affirms a women’s independence and agency in the world. My administration will fiercely protect that right for generations to come, because I recognize that our next president must make clear that women’s health isn’t a political football. Every woman has a right to make her own health care decisions, including the right to access abortion services.”

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. “I believe that abortion rights are human rights. I believe that they are also economic rights,” Warren told The Post. “And protecting the right of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body is fundamentally what we do and what we stand for as a Democratic Party. When it comes down to that decision, a woman should be able to call on those she trusts - government should not be involved in this decision.” She co-sponsored the Women's Health Protection Act, which prohibits state abortion bans prior to the Roe v. Wade viability standard.

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. Yang “trusts women to make decisions that are right for them,” a campaign spokesperson told The Post. “The discussion around abortion ends up skewed by people who are using arguments not backed up by facts, especially around third-trimester abortions, of which there are few and are almost always done because of legitimate health concerns.”

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. “This decision should be made on a case-by-case basis and between an individual and their physician without broad restrictions,” Bennet told The Post. He supports following the Roe v. Wade viability standard, his campaign told The Post. Bennet co-sponsored the Women's Health Protection Act, which prohibits state abortion bans prior to the Roe v. Wade viability standard.

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. “I support the standard set by Roe v. Wade,” Delaney told The Post.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar supports following the Roe v. Wade viability standard, a campaign spokesperson told The Post. She co-sponsored the Women's Health Protection Act, which prohibits state abortion bans prior to fetal viability.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick supports following the Roe v. Wade viability standard, a campaign spokesperson told The Post.

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. “I do, however, think that there should be some restrictions in place,” Gabbard's campaign website said. “I support codifying Roe v. Wade while making sure that, during the third trimester, abortion is not an option unless the life or severe health consequences of a woman are at risk.” Her campaign did not confirm her stance before publication.

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. “Undocumented immigrants should have the option of purchasing health insurance on the exchange,” Bennet told The Post.

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. "We need to make our health-care system more effective by passing Medicare-for-all, and we need to pass comprehensive immigration reform that creates a pathway to citizenship for those already living in the United States," Booker told the Post.

Julian Castro (Dropped out)

Former mayor, San Antonio

Castro is no longer running for president. Castro supports covering undocumented immigrants, he told The Post.

Bill de Blasio (Dropped out)

Mayor, New York City

de Blasio is no longer running for president. In January 2019, de Blasio announced an “NYC Care” plan to guarantee insurance to the city's undocumented immigrants.

Kirsten Gillibrand (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New York

Gillibrand is no longer running for president. Gillibrand co-sponsored Sanders’ Medicare-for-all proposal, which would cover undocumented immigrants.

Kamala D. Harris (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, California

Harris is no longer running for president. Harris co-sponsored Sanders’ Medicare-for-all proposal, which would cover undocumented immigrants.

Seth Moulton (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Massachusetts

Moulton is no longer running for president. “Under current law hospitals in the US cannot refuse to treat patients who need care. This means that when an undocumented immigrant gets care they often do so in the emergency department. Hospitals are the highest cost providers and the bills are often too high for immigrants to afford,” Moulton told The Post. “In this way we already pay for health care for undocumented immigrants. My plan would be a public option. By opening it up to undocumented immigrants to purchase, more folks will be covered, the risk pool will be younger and healthier, and fewer hospital bills will go unpaid.”

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. Sanders told The Post, "My plan would cover all U.S. residents."

6/21/2019: “If you are a human being, regardless of your immigration status, you have a right to health care.”

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. “Yes. Unfortunately, we have a broken immigration system. We have people living here, contributing to society, but are forced to live in the shadows,” Steyer told The Post. “Until we fix our immigration system, undocumented workers should have access to the health services that they require.”

Eric Swalwell (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, California

Swalwell is no longer running for president. “I support coverage for all,” Swalwell told The Post.

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. Warren co-sponsored Sanders’ Medicare-for-all proposal, which would cover undocumented immigrants.

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. Williamson told The Post, "Yes" when asked.

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. Bloomberg believes that undocumented immigrants who register to begin the path to citizenship laid out in his plan should be covered under a government-run health plan, a campaign spokesperson told The Post. All individuals, regardless of immigration status, should have access to critical health services, including immunizations, the spokesperson said.

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. “Undocumented immigrants should be able to buy coverage through the public option,” a Buttigieg campaign spokesman told The Post early in the campaign. Buttigieg later told The Post, “I would expect that you'd have to be a citizen to qualify for subsidies.” His campaign said that his plan “would provide subsidies to everyone who is eligible for them under the ACA, including US citizens and lawful permanent residents. It also expands on Obamacare by allowing all undocumented people to buy in to a public plan — and he will prioritize work towards a path to citizenship on day one in the White House so people can have the full benefits of being an American citizen."

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. "Undocumented immigrants who register for the path to citizenship would be eligible to participate in the health plan at some additional cost to them," Yang told The Post.

Steve Bullock (Dropped out)

Governor, Montana

Bullock is no longer running for president. “Comprehensive immigration reform that protects our borders, helps the Dreamers who have known no other home than ours, and provides legal status and a path to citizenship for immigrants who have been part of the fabric of our country for many years is the best way to address health coverage for people who want to become American citizens,” Bullock told The Post. “We’ve got 100,00 people showing up at the border right now. If we decriminalize entry, if we give free healthcare to everyone, we’ll have multiples of that,” Bullock said at the second Democratic debate. “A sane immigration system needs a sane leader. And we can do that without decriminalizing and providing health care for everyone.”

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. “I support comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship. My universal health care plan would cover tax paying legal permanent residents,” Delaney told the Post.

Tim Ryan (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Ohio

Ryan is no longer running for president. Ryan does not support covering undocumented immigrants, his campaign told The Post.

Joe Sestak (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Pennsylvania

Sestak is no longer running for president. “No, but I do believe in their access to medical care that would take them to see a doctor in the emergency room; they must receive treatment,” Sestak told The Post. “I also expect to pass comprehensive immigration reform including a path to citizenship for currently undocumented immigrants, which would result in their being eligible for the same programs as U.S. citizens as they await citizenship.”

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. While Rep. Gabbard is a co-sponsor of Jayapal’s Medicare for All legislation which would do just this, she does not have a specific position on this issue at this time, she told The Post.

John Hickenlooper (Dropped out)

Former governor, Colorado

Hickenlooper is no longer running for president. “No, not necessarily under a government-run health plan,” Hickenlooper told The Post on June 19. “I would support a public/private sector approach to achieve this goal as it relates to undocumented residents, including continued federal partnership with states that provide coverage for low-income children and prenatal care regardless of status, and enabling undocumented immigrants to have access to state health exchanges. Ultimately, the solution is comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship.” But when asked whose plans would provide coverage for undocumented immigrations during the first Democratic debate, Hickenlooper raised his hand. He has not responded to a request for clarification.

Jay Inslee (Dropped out)

Governor, Washington state

Inslee is no longer running for president. Inslee did not provide an answer to this question.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar did not provide an answer to this question.

Beto O'Rourke (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Texas

O'Rourke is no longer running for president. O'Rourke did not provide an answer to this question.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick did not answer this question by publication.

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. “I support at least six months of gender-neutral paid family and medical leave that provides up to full wage replacement for the lowest-income workers,” Booker told The Post. Booker's plan for workers backed the FAMILY Act and said he "supports efforts to expand paid family and medical leave proposals to help more low-income workers start with higher wage replacement rates. [Booker] would also fight for workers to be able to earn paid sick time, building on the Healthy Families Act.”

Kamala D. Harris (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, California

Harris is no longer running for president. “As President, [Harris] will work with Congress to create a national paid leave program to provide all workers with up to six months of paid family and medical leave,“ her campaign website said. Harris previously co-sponsored the FAMILY Act, which would guarantee up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to American workers.

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. “The evidence is clear: doctors, the World Health Organization, parents around the world, and other experts recommend at least 6 months of paid leave. As President, [Sanders] will guarantee 6 months paid family leave. The U.S. must end the national disgrace of being the only major country in the world not to offer paid family leave. We must guarantee all workers paid family and medical leave, paid sick leave, and paid vacation,” Sanders told The Post. He co-sponsored the FAMILY Act, which would guarantee up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to American workers.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. “The U.S. is the only industrialized nation in the world that does not extend leave to its citizens for the birth of a child, long term care needs or death. I will advocate for paid family leave legislation that will allow a minimum of 6 months paid family leave for all workers,” Steyer told The Post.

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. “We are one of only two countries in the world that does not guarantee paid family leave. Too many Americans have to choose between taking care of their families or getting a paycheck,” Yang's campaign told The Post. “Whether you are welcoming a child into the family, taking care of a sick loved one, or having to take personal medical time off, [Yang] believes that every working American should be guaranteed a minimum of six months of paid family leave.” Yang has called for “at least 9 months of paid family leave, distributed between parents however they see fit; or 6 months of paid leave for a single parent.”

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. “America is the only advanced economy without paid family and medical leave. That’s shameful. As president, I will fight to immediately pass the FAMILY Act to provide 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave. We should consider extending the length of paid leave based on the evidence, but at the very least we should start with 12 weeks,” Bennet told The Post.

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. Bloomberg supports mandating 12 weeks of paid family leave, a campaign spokesperson told The Post. His company extended gender-neutral paid family leave to 26 weeks in 2019.

Steve Bullock (Dropped out)

Governor, Montana

Bullock is no longer running for president. “Ensuring adequate paid leave could reduce infant mortality by as much as 10 percent while improving maternal health outcomes. As president, I will fight to ensure at least 12 weeks of paid leave so that every worker can care for their families,” Bullock told The Post. Bullock's campaign website expressed support for the FAMILY Act and for “creating a national family and medical leave program covering 50 percent of wages for 12 weeks.”

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. “As I discuss in my women’s policy, “Building Power,” I support providing 12 weeks of paid family leave for all workers by passing the FAMILY Act. I will also propose enhancements to the Act by ensuring that benefits for lower-income workers will be high enough, so they can afford to take leave, and no one will lose their job when they need time away to provide care,” Buttigieg told The Post. “Caregiving responsibilities for grandparents, grandchildren, siblings, and chosen family members will be included. My administration will also decouple medical leave benefits from family care and new child leave benefits to provide a longer total annual leave for workers who have both serious personal health issues and a family health issue or new child within the same year.”

Julian Castro (Dropped out)

Former mayor, San Antonio

Castro is no longer running for president. Castro's working families plan pledged “at least 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave for every American per year. We should compensate workers at least 66 percent of their salary during that period with a greater degree of wage replacement for low income workers.”

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. Gabbard co-sponsored the FAMILY Act, which would guarantee up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to American workers.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar supports mandated paid family leave, she told The Post. Her plan for workers calls for “up to 12 weeks of paid family leave and allowing workers to earn paid sick leave.” Klobuchar co-sponsored the FAMILY Act, which would guarantee up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to American workers.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. “Working with Congress, we will create a federal mandatory paid family and medical leave program modeled on those already in place or being rolled out in states like New York and Massachusetts,” Patrick's social infrastructure plan said. “Paid leave should include parental leave for birth or adoption as well as leave for illness or caring for a family member. The program will be universal and gender-neutral, providing up to twelve weeks of leave, in addition to the paid sick leave or vacation leave that all employers should also offer. ”

Joe Sestak (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Pennsylvania

Sestak is no longer running for president. Sestak supports 12 weeks of paid family leave, he told The Post. “I will pass robust family and medical leave legislation, and do more to support people who work full-time at home caring for elderly or disabled loved ones,“ Sestak's women's rights plan said.

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. “I am a co-sponsor of the FAMILY Act, which guarantees 12 weeks of paid leave. I also have a plan to require federal contractors to extend a $15 minimum wage and benefits — including paid family leave, fair scheduling and collective bargaining rights — to all employees,” Warren told The Post.

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. “I support the FAMILY Act with three months of paid leave when a worker becomes a new parent, a caregiver for another family member, or ill themselves,” Williamson told The Post. “Eventually I would like to see paid leave extended to six months.”

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. “The federal government should provide every American worker with 8 weeks of paid caregiving leave, which can be paid for by a small payroll tax increase without adding to the deficit,” Delaney told The Post. His campaign website said the plan “allows eligible individuals to take up to eight weeks of leave each year, receiving 60 percent of their monthly wage.”

Bill de Blasio (Dropped out)

Mayor, New York City

de Blasio is no longer running for president. “The United States should be incentivizing the manufacturing and use of generic drugs, as a part of our overall strategy to increase the drug supply and lower prescription drug costs,” de Blasio told The Post.

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. Gabbard supports having the federal government produce and sell generic drugs to lower drug prices, her campaign told The Post.

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. “Yes. The federal government must use every tool available to drastically lower drug prices for Americans,” Sanders told The Post.

Joe Sestak (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Pennsylvania

Sestak is no longer running for president. “Yes; in cases where it makes sense for the federal government to do so — such as when the private sector stops producing a life-saving drug — I would support the government producing certain generic drugs,” Sestak told The Post.

Eric Swalwell (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, California

Swalwell is no longer running for president. “On government-produced drugs, we should have the flexibility in emergencies to do so,” Swalwell told The Post. “For example, insulin is at near-emergency levels of cost and access, with prices skyrocketing and more and more patients suffering ill effects from trying to use less of it. Government should have agility to address this.”

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. Warren introduced legislation that would have the government start manufacturing cheap generic drugs if prescription drug prices rise too high. She laid out her plan, which would have the government contract with a company, at an AARP/Des Moines Register forum in June. “Then we're going to turn around and make it available to the American people at cost-plus,” she said she said. “We do that a few times, and boy, the cost of prescriptions goes down and a whole bunch of drug companies who have been finagling around in the generics market suddenly see that their plan doesn’t work anymore.”

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. Williamson told The Post she supports having the federal government produce and sell generic drugs to lower drug prices.

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. Yang told The Post he supports having the federal government produce and sell generic drugs to lower drug prices.

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. “In addition to requiring the federal government to negotiate lower prices, our focus should be on addressing abuses of the patent system,” Bennet told The Post.

Steve Bullock (Dropped out)

Governor, Montana

Bullock is no longer running for president. “No. Instead I will work to lower drug prices and ensure significant penalties of drugmakers who engage in profiteering,” Bullock told The Post.

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. Buttigieg doesn’t support having the government produce or sell generics, his campaign told The Post.

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. Delaney told The Post, “I don’t think that’s the right answer for drug prices.”

John Hickenlooper (Dropped out)

Former governor, Colorado

Hickenlooper is no longer running for president. “No, but the government should mandate lower prices for drugs that were developed with public funds,” Hickenlooper told The Post.

Tim Ryan (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Ohio

Ryan is no longer running for president. Ryan doesn’t support having the government produce or sell generics, his campaign told The Post.

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. Bloomberg did not answer this question by publication.

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. Booker did not provide an answer to this question.

Julian Castro (Dropped out)

Former mayor, San Antonio

Castro is no longer running for president. Castro did not provide an answer to this question.

Kirsten Gillibrand (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New York

Gillibrand is no longer running for president. Gillibrand did not provide an answer to this question.

Kamala D. Harris (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, California

Harris is no longer running for president. Harris did not provide an answer to this question.

Jay Inslee (Dropped out)

Governor, Washington state

Inslee is no longer running for president. Inslee did not provide an answer to this question.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar did not provide an answer to this question.

Seth Moulton (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Massachusetts

Moulton is no longer running for president. Moulton did not provide an answer to this question.

Beto O'Rourke (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Texas

O'Rourke is no longer running for president. O'Rourke would be open to having the federal government produce and sell generic drugs to lower drug prices, he said at an AARP/Des Moines Register forum.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick did not answer this question by publication.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. Steyer did not answer this question by publication.

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. “Yes. I support removing marijuana from the list of controlled substances, automatically expunging the convictions of those who have served federal time for marijuana use and possession offenses, and reinvesting in low-income and minority communities who have been disproportionately affected by decades of failed drug policy,” Bennet told The Post. “I also support policies to ensure companies in states where marijuana is currently legal can access the banking system. As a former school superintendent in a state that has legalized marijuana, I am also focused on policies to ensure young people do not have access to it as their brains develop.” Bennet co-sponsored the Marijuana Justice Act.

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. “End the federal prohibition on marijuana and automatically expunge the records of those convicted on charges of marijuana use and possession,” Booker's Next Step criminal justice plan said. He introduced the Marijuana Justice Act.

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. Buttigieg supports the federal legalization of recreational marijuana, a campaign spokesperson told The Post.

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. “The failed war on drugs is an attack on our values of freedom and fairness as Americans,” Gabbard's campaign website said. “In recent years, many states have taken initiative by legalizing marijuana, reforming drug laws and sentencing guidelines, and winding down the “War on Drugs.” Now it’s time for the federal government to do its part.” Gabbard co-sponsored the Marijuana Justice Act.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar supports federal legalization or recreational marijuana, a campaign spokesperson confirmed to The Post. Klobuchar previously told The Post that she supports “legalization of marijuana and believes that states should have the right to determine the best approach to marijuana within their borders.”

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick supports the federal legalization of recreational marijuana, a campaign spokesperson told The Post.

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. “Yes. [Sanders] will take executive action to legalize marijuana by removing it from the Controlled Substances Act, expunge past convictions of marijuana-related offenses and ensure that victims of the War on Drugs are not passed over by the burgeoning marijuana industry,” a Sanders campaign spokesperson told The Post. “The criminalization of marijuana was a disaster, especially for African Americans and communities of color. We will ensure that revenue from marijuana is reinvested in communities hit hardest by the War on Drugs.” Sanders co-sponsored the Marijuana Justice Act.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. Steyer supports the federal legalization of recreational marijuana, he told The Post.

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. “Yes. I support the full legalization of marijuana and restorative justice for those unjustly jailed for minor marijuana crimes,” Warren told The Post. “We should delist marijuana as a Schedule I drug. I’ve also introduced legislation to keep the federal government from interfering in states that have legalized marijuana -- medical or recreational. And I support bringing marijuana businesses into the banking system and the tax system.” Warren co-sponsored the Marijuana Justice Act.

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. Williamson supports the federal legalization of recreational marijuana, she told The Post.

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. “Yes. Marijuana is now legal for adult use in 11 states and the District of Columbia, and 33 states have legalized medical marijuana in some form. Yet, thousands of Americans are locked away due to marijuana-related offenses,” a Yang campaign spokesperson told The Post. “To resolve ambiguity and end the incarceration of majiuana users, we must legalize marijuana at the federal level, especially since we can’t seem to enforce our current laws in a non-racist manner.”

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. Bloomberg supports decriminalizing marijuana and allowing states to decide on legalization, he told The Post. “In 2017, 72,000 Americans OD'd on drugs. In 2018, more people than that are ODing on drugs, have OD'd on drugs, and today incidentally, we are trying to legalize another addictive narcotic, which is perhaps the stupidest thing we've ever done,” Bloomberg said at a January 2019 event. “We've got to fight that, and that's another thing that Bloomberg philanthropies will work on in public health.”

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. “I support removing marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, and I will direct federal prosecutors to review past cases and petition courts to expunge criminal records related to minor, non-violent marijuana offenses like simple possession,” Delaney told The Post. “I would put in place a federal regulatory structure for recreational marijuana and let states make their own decisions about legalization.” His campaign confirmed that he supports decriminalizing marijuana and allowing states to decide on legalization.

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. Booker is a co-sponsor of Sanders’s 2019 Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act.

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. Buttigieg supports importing drugs from other countries, but “such importation must be done in a way that ensures safety and quality,” a campaign spokesman told The Post.

Julian Castro (Dropped out)

Former mayor, San Antonio

Castro is no longer running for president. Castro supports importing drugs from other countries, he told The Post.

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. “We need to establish regulations to ensure safety, but I would support allowing imports from other nations like Canada, yes,” Delaney told The Post.

Bill de Blasio (Dropped out)

Mayor, New York City

de Blasio is no longer running for president. “Allowing prescription drugs to be purchased and imported will lower drug prescription drug costs,” de Blasio told The Post.

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. She has co-sponsored a drug importation bill, an identical version to Sanders’s bill, introduced in the House in January.

Kirsten Gillibrand (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New York

Gillibrand is no longer running for president. Gillibrand supports importing generic drugs. She is a co-sponsor of Sanders’s 2019 Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act.

Kamala D. Harris (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, California

Harris is no longer running for president. Harris is a co-sponsor of Sanders’s 2019 Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act.

Jay Inslee (Dropped out)

Governor, Washington state

Inslee is no longer running for president. Inslee supports importing drugs from other countries, he told The Post.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar is a co-sponsor of Sanders’s 2019 Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act.

Beto O'Rourke (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Texas

O'Rourke is no longer running for president. O'Rourke supports importing drugs from other countries, according to his campaign.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick supports importing drugs from other countries, his campaign told The Post.

Tim Ryan (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Ohio

Ryan is no longer running for president. Ryan supports importing drugs from other countries, his campaign told The Post.

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. “Yes. My Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act with Rep. Elijah Cummings would allow Americans, wholesalers, and licensed U.S. pharmacies to import prescription drugs from Canada and other countries,” Sanders told The Post.

Joe Sestak (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Pennsylvania

Sestak is no longer running for president. “Yes, for those nations that have FDA-level of accountability,” Sestak told The Post.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. Steyer supports importing drugs from other countries, he told The Post.

Eric Swalwell (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, California

Swalwell is no longer running for president. “I support importing drugs if they meet safety standards and the manufacturers can be held liable,” Swalwell told The Post.

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. Warren told The Post she supports various drug pricing proposals, including the “importation of prescription drugs from other countries.” She is a co-sponsor of Sanders’s 2019 Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act.

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. “I would consider doing so if American companies were not able to provide drugs at fair prices to the American people,” Yang told The Post.

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. “To lower drug costs, we should require the federal government to negotiate lower prices, just as other countries have done to reduce the costs of prescription drugs,” Bennet told The Post.

Steve Bullock (Dropped out)

Governor, Montana

Bullock is no longer running for president. "Rather than focusing on importing drugs from other countries, we need to get our pharmaceutical companies to charge Americans less for vital medicines. If these efforts are unsuccessful, moving toward a safe drug reimportation program would remain an option," Bullock told The Post.

John Hickenlooper (Dropped out)

Former governor, Colorado

Hickenlooper is no longer running for president. Hickenlooper supports importing drugs from other countries on a case-by-case basis, he told The Post.

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. “I would like American workers, and American companies to receive their fair share of health care expenditures. However, when dramatic savings can be found by exploring options from other countries, I understand the benefit of exploring those options on a case-by-case basis,” Williamson told The Post.

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. Bloomberg did not answer this question by publication.

Seth Moulton (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Massachusetts

Moulton is no longer running for president. Moulton did not provide an answer to this question.

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. Bennet's "campaign website touts his 'Medicare X' health care plan, saying it "empowers the federal government to negotiate lower prescription drug prices for the first time, bringing down costs for tens of millions of Americans." He co-sponsored the Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act.

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. Bloomberg “would work with Congress to authorize the secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies,” his health plan said.

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. Booker is a Senate co-sponsor of the Affordable Medications Act. He is also a co-sponsor of Sanders’s latest Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act.

Steve Bullock (Dropped out)

Governor, Montana

Bullock is no longer running for president. “Rising prescription drug costs have been a major factor in making health care unaffordable for many Americans,” Bullock told The Post. “The federal government should step in to negotiate lower costs for all of us.”

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. Buttigieg supports giving the government the ability to negotiate drug prices for Medicare, he told The Post.

Julian Castro (Dropped out)

Former mayor, San Antonio

Castro is no longer running for president. Castro supports giving the government the ability to negotiate drug prices for Medicare, he told The Post.

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. "Yes. 100%," Delaney told The Post.

Bill de Blasio (Dropped out)

Mayor, New York City

de Blasio is no longer running for president. “The federal government caving into big pharma by not allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices is costing America's seniors billions of dollars per year,” de Blasio told The Post.

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. Gabbard is a co-sponsor of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act.

Kirsten Gillibrand (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New York

Gillibrand is no longer running for president. Gillibrand is a Senate co-sponsor of the Affordable Medications Act. She is also a co-sponsor of Sanders’s latest Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act.

Kamala D. Harris (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, California

Harris is no longer running for president. She has co-sponsored Sanders’s latest Medicare negotiation bill.

John Hickenlooper (Dropped out)

Former governor, Colorado

Hickenlooper is no longer running for president. Hickenlooper supports giving the government the ability to negotiate drug prices for Medicare, he told The Post.

Jay Inslee (Dropped out)

Governor, Washington state

Inslee is no longer running for president. Inslee supports giving the government the ability to negotiate drug prices for Medicare, he told The Post.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar is a co-sponsor of the Affordable Medications Act. In January, she introduced the Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act.

Seth Moulton (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Massachusetts

Moulton is no longer running for president. “Yes. As someone who benefits from negotiated drug prices at the VA, I face lower prices for my prescriptions. If it works for our veterans it should work for all Americans,” Moulton told The Post.

Beto O'Rourke (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Texas

O'Rourke is no longer running for president. As a Texas congressman, he co-sponsored the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick supports giving the government the ability to negotiate drug prices for Medicare, his campaign told The Post.

Tim Ryan (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Ohio

Ryan is no longer running for president. “Drug prices are out of control. We need to rein in Big Pharma's price gouging tactics and allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices,” Ryan said in a Facebook post.

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. In January, he introduced the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act. He is also a co-sponsor of the Affordable Medications Act.

Joe Sestak (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Pennsylvania

Sestak is no longer running for president. Sestak supports giving the government the ability to negotiate drug prices for Medicare, he told The Post.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. Steyer supports giving the government the ability to negotiate drug prices for Medicare, he told The Post.

Eric Swalwell (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, California

Swalwell is no longer running for president. “I will do anything that is safe for patients — from negotiating prices to better enforcement of antitrust laws — to make prescription drugs more affordable, because prices are simply too high now for too many Americans,” Swalwell told The Post.

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. Warren is a co-sponsor of the Affordable Medications Act. She is also a co-sponsor of Sanders’s latest Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act.

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. "Yes," Williamson told The Post.

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. “Absolutely,” Yang told The Post.

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. Bennet supports this proposal, he told The Post.

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. Booker is a co-sponsor of Stabenow's Medicare at 50 Act.

Steve Bullock (Dropped out)

Governor, Montana

Bullock is no longer running for president. “I support a public option allowing people to buy into Medicare,” Bullock told The Post.

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. Buttigieg supports allowing people ages 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare, he told The Post.

Julian Castro (Dropped out)

Former mayor, San Antonio

Castro is no longer running for president. Castro supports allowing people ages 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare, he told The Post.

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. “My preference would be to leave Medicare alone and have people in the 50-64 range covered by my universal health-care plan,” Delaney told The Post. “Having said that, allowing people over 50 to buy into Medicare as part of improving the Affordable Care Act is a good idea.”

Bill de Blasio (Dropped out)

Mayor, New York City

de Blasio is no longer running for president. “I support lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 50,” de Blasio told The Post. “I would ensure during the transition to a Medicare-for-All structure we provide those over 50 with the opportunity to buy-into Medicare or if we are unable to accomplish a Medicare-for-All structure I support it as a way to build upon the Affordable Care Act to lower health care costs for millions of Americans. ”

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. Gabbard supports allowing people ages 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare, her campaign told The Post.

Kirsten Gillibrand (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New York

Gillibrand is no longer running for president. Gillibrand is a co-sponsor of Stabenow's Medicare at 50 Act.

Kamala D. Harris (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, California

Harris is no longer running for president. Harris is a co-sponsor of Stabenow's Medicare at 50 Act.

John Hickenlooper (Dropped out)

Former governor, Colorado

Hickenlooper is no longer running for president. “Yes, everyone should be able to buy into a public option regardless of age,” Hickenlooper told The Post.

Jay Inslee (Dropped out)

Governor, Washington state

Inslee is no longer running for president. Inslee supports allowing people ages 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare, she told The Post.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar is a co-sponsor of Stabenow's Medicare at 50 Act.

Beto O'Rourke (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Texas

O'Rourke is no longer running for president. O'Rourke supports allowing people ages 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare, he told The Post.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick supports allowing people ages 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare, his campaign told The Post.

Tim Ryan (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Ohio

Ryan is no longer running for president. “There are ways to strengthen Obamacare, such as adding a public option, increasing subsidies to make coverage more affordable or lowering the age eligibility for Medicare,” Ryan said in a Facebook post.

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. “My Medicare-for-all Act has a four-year transition. Year One involves lowering the Medicare age and improving Medicare benefits, including adding coverage for dental, vision and hearing aids,” Sanders told The Post. “So while I support getting more people onto Medicare, I believe it should be a first step towards further health reform.”

Joe Sestak (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Pennsylvania

Sestak is no longer running for president. “Yes, but by the public option I propose for all Americans,” Sestak told The Post.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. Steyer supports allowing people ages 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare, he told The Post.

Eric Swalwell (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, California

Swalwell is no longer running for president. “I support coverage for all, i.e., Medicare for all who want it. This would serve as a public option for any American,” Swalwell told The Post. He co-sponsored the Medicare Buy-In and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2017, which would establish a Medicare buy-in option for people ages 50 to 64.

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. Warren supports allowing people ages 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare, her campaign told The Post.

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. “I’m not opposed to Senator Stabenow’s approach, but I find it not to be comprehensive enough, so I’m putting my effort into more ambitious, holistic approaches,” Williamson told The Post.

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. “I agree with the goal of expanding Medicare to be available to and cover more individuals, with the eventual goal of providing a competitive option to all Americans,” Yang told The Post.

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. Bloomberg “believes every American should have access to affordable medical care, and expanding Obamacare and Medicare is the best way to achieve universal coverage,” his campaign website said. His campaign did not clarify his position by publication.

Seth Moulton (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Massachusetts

Moulton is no longer running for president. Moulton did not provide an answer to this question.

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. Bennet supports repealing the Hyde Amendment, a campaign spokesperson told The Post.

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. "Bloomberg promises to expand access to reproductive health services by working with Congress to codify Roe v. Wade and repeal the Hyde Amendment, which bars federal funding for abortion except to save a woman’s life,” his women's health plan said.

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. Booker supports repealing the Hyde Amendment, his reproductive rights plan said. “By ending the Hyde Amendment, we can take politicians out of decisions between women and their doctors and ensure that abortion care is accessible for all. The first budget I submit to Congress as president will not include Hyde,” the plan said.

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. Buttigieg supports repealing the Hyde Amendment, a campaign spokesperson told The Post.

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. Delaney supports repealing the Hyde Amendment, he told The Post.

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. Gabbard supports using federal money to pay for abortion services, she told ThinkProgress.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar supports repealing the Hyde Amendment, she told The Post.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick supports repealing the Hyde Amendment, a campaign spokesperson told The Post.

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. “Yes. Under Medicare-for-all, the Hyde Amendment will be repealed and all comprehensive reproductive health services will be provided free at the point of service,” a campaign spokesperson told The Post. “[Sanders] will fight the unprecedented attack against women’s rights that we are seeing today.”

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. Steyer supports repealing the Hyde Amendment, he told The Post.

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. “Yes, we must repeal the Hyde Amendment and the Trump Administration’s domestic gag rule and fully support Title X family planning funding,” Warren told The Post. “Everyone — no matter where they live, where they’re from, how much money they make, or the color of their skin — is entitled to the high-quality, evidence-based reproductive health care that is envisioned by Roe. Making that a reality starts with repealing the Hyde Amendment.”

Marianne Williamson (Dropped out)

Author

Williamson is no longer running for president. Williamson supports repealing the Hyde Amendment, she told The Post.

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. Yang “firmly believes that abortion is a personal decision that is to be made solely by a woman,” a campaign spokesperson told The Post.

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. Bennet believes federal law should require all private insurance plans cover abortion, he told The Post. He co-sponsered the EACH Woman Act, which would prohibit state laws banning private abortion coverage.

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. Buttigieg believes federal law should require all private insurance plans cover abortion, a campaign spokesperson told The Post. He also “supports the EACH Woman Act, which will prohibit states from interfering in private insurance coverage of abortion.”

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. Delaney believes federal law should require all private insurance plans cover abortion, he told The Post.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick believes federal law should require all private insurance plans cover abortion, a campaign spokesperson told The Post.

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. “Under [Sanders's] Medicare for All program, we will fully repeal the Hyde Amendment and guarantee comprehensive reproductive care to every person in this nation. Abortion is a constitutional right,” a campaign spokesperson told The Post. He co-sponsored the EACH Woman Act, which would prohibit state laws banning private abortion coverage.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. Steyer believes federal law should require all private insurance plans cover abortion, he told The Post.

Elizabeth Warren (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Massachusetts

Warren is no longer running for president. “Yes. Congress must pass the EACH Woman Act, which would prohibit abortion restrictions on private insurance,” Warren told The Post. “And we should ensure that all future health coverage — including Medicare for All — includes contraception and abortion coverage.”

Andrew Yang (Dropped out)

Tech entrepreneur

Yang is no longer running for president. Yang believes federal law should require all private insurance plans cover abortion, he told The Post.

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. “Abortion is a health care service that should be covered by comprehensive health plans. Passing rules that limit access to abortion, such as requiring insurers to bill separately for abortion coverage, are wasteful at best and harmful at worst,” Bloomberg told The Post.

Tulsi Gabbard (Dropped out)

U.S. representative, Hawaii

Gabbard is no longer running for president. Gabbard did not answer this question by publication.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar co-sponsored the EACH Woman Act, which would prohibit state laws banning private abortion coverage. Her campaign did not say if she supports requiring private abortion coverage.

Michael Bennet (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Colorado

Bennet is no longer running for president. Bennet would repeal the Mexico City policy, a campaign spokesperson told The Post.

Mike Bloomberg (Dropped out)

Former New York mayor

Bloomberg is no longer running for president. Bloomberg would repeal the Mexico City policy, he told The Post.

Cory Booker (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, New Jersey

Booker is no longer running for president. Booker would repeal the Mexico City policy, his reproductive rights plan said. “On Day One in office, [Booker] will rescind this dangerous policy and allow U.S. family planning funds to go to health centers performing essential reproductive health care,” the plan said. He “will also reinstate the U.S. contribution to the UNFPA, which provides aid for family planning and child and maternal health across the globe. Trump cut off all funding soon after taking office, hurting women and families not just here in the United States, but across the globe.”

Pete Buttigieg (Dropped out)

Former mayor, South Bend, Ind.

Buttigieg is no longer running for president. Buttigieg would repeal the Mexico City policy, a campaign spokesperson told The Post.

John Delaney (Dropped out)

Former U.S. representative, Maryland

Delaney is no longer running for president. Delaney would repeal the Mexico City policy, he told The Post.

Amy Klobuchar (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Minnesota

Klobuchar is no longer running for president. Klobuchar would repeal the Mexico City policy, she told The Post.

Deval Patrick (Dropped out)

Former governor, Massachusetts

Patrick is no longer running for president. Patrick would repeal the Mexico City policy, a campaign spokesperson told The Post.

Bernie Sanders (Dropped out)

U.S. senator, Vermont

Sanders is no longer running for president. “Yes. As President, [Sanders] will use executive authority to undo the damage Trump has done to women’s reproductive freedom. This includes reversing the Trump Administration’s global and domestic gag rules, which are disgraceful assaults on women's rights,” a campaign spokesperson told The Post.

Tom Steyer (Dropped out)

Billionaire activist

Steyer is no longer running for president. Steyer would repeal the Mexico City policy, he told The Post.