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![President Donald Trump greets supporters after arriving at Ocala International Airport, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, to give a speech on health care at retirement community, The Villages.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/trump-rally-florida-ea4a9029f9dfe348098b05f499e1f0f98472561a-e1570131480228-900x422.jpg)
Targeting ‘Medicare For All’ Proposals, Trump Lays Out His Vision For Medicare
Speaking from a retirement community in Florida, the President gave seniors a pep talk about what he wants to do for Medicare, contrasting it with plans of his Democratic rivals.
![Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., conduct an event to introduce the "Medicare for All Act of 2019" in Dirksen Building on Wednesday, April 10, 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/gettyimages-1136153417-cfb3e4e7c2da226d032bdb5f692c951e24d00bde-e1564148801933-900x422.jpg)
The Practical Reasons Candidates Talk About Improbable Policies
By: Danielle Kurtzleben | NPR
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Congress is unlikely to pass ambitious policies like “Medicare for All” or the Green New Deal, even if a Democratic proponent of them were elected. But there are plenty of reasons to run on them.