Thank you for your response to my article, Craig.

I still do not see a “Policy” page on Buttigieg’s website. You can look for yourself here: https://peteforamerica.com

As for his healthcare policy, I do address it in the article, and I make the case that it falls well short of support for Medicare-for-All:

“The most fleshy proposal Buttigieg has put forth concerns healthcare. Again, nothing new here: he’s adopted the former Obama position of having a public option compete alongside private insurers. He assumes that ultimately the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the public option will disrupt the insurance markets and move the country gradually toward a Medicare-for-All system.

“Unfortunately, history does not bear out this assumption. What we have seen with the Affordable Care Act over the last few years and with our current Medicare system over the last few decades is that leaving health insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry with power and influence means we will constantly be playing defense on providing people with affordable health coverage. The ACA is in its death-throes, and our current Medicare system has been chipped away at so relentlessly little by little that it has been whittled down to near insignificance causing many recipients to have to purchase supplemental private insurance as well just to be effectively covered.

“There are winds of change in the air, and the private insurers are hoping to wait it out and capitalize after the moment passes. Buttigieg’s proposal allows them that chance. We need to kick the insurance companies out of our doctors’ offices once and for all, and that requires courageous policies and steadfast values.”