CNN: How Democrats’ health plans stack up with voters

A CNN poll of Democrat and left-leaning independent voters found Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is currently seen as the strongest candidate on healthcare.

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Voters preferred Mr. Sanders over the other candidates even if they wanted to preserve private insurance. Mr. Sanders supports eliminating all private insurance. Most Democratic voters favor a public option, but only 3 in 10 voters polled by CNN support abolishing private plans.

Here are the candidates Democratic voters said are best equipped to handle healthcare:

  1. Mr. Sanders — 26 percent
  2. Former Vice President Joe Biden — 18 percent
  3. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. — 16 percent
  4. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif. — 10 percent

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