He has advocated a public plan similar to the federally funded Medicare plan (which is only for retirees) to compete with private plans, but even that is open to negotiation.

• 他曾经推行过同联邦资助的医疗保险计划（仅对退休公民有效）相似的公共保险来同私营保险竞争，但是这仍需协商。