The backing came less than a week after Sanders ended his presidential campaign, which was centred around progressive policies such as universal health care. Still, Sanders’ embrace of Biden was crucial for someone who is tasked with bridging the Democratic Party’s entrenched ideological divides. Biden and Sanders differed throughout the primary, particularly over whether a government-run system should replace private health insurance. “I will do all that I can to make that happen.”The coronavirus prevented Biden and Sanders from appearing together in person. In an interview with The Associated Press just a few hours before Sanders’ endorsement, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Biden’s overtures to progressives on health care.

Source: thestar April 13, 2020 18:25 UTC