Clinton, Sanders teams wrangle at Democratic platform meeting over TPP, health care, minimum wage

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Hillary Clinton on Saturday proposed increasing federal money for community health centers and outlined steps to expand access to health care across the nation.

 

Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, made the proposal as a nod to primary rival Sen. Bernie Sanders, at the Democratic National Convention's full Platform Committee meeting in Orlando, Fla.

 

However, Sanders, who has yet to endorse Clinton, failed in his quest to include opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal in a draft of the Democratic Party's policy positions because several amendments against the deal were voted down by Clinton supporters.

 

The platform will be announced at the party's nominating convention in Philadelphia starting July 25.

 

On health care, Clinton's campaign says the proposal is part of her plan to provide universal health care coverage in the United States. Clinton also is reaffirming her support for a public-option insurance plan and for expanding Medicare by letting people age 55 year and older opt in.

 

"We have more work to do to finish our long fight to provide universal, quality, affordable health care to everyone in America," Clinton said in a statement, with the convention just a few weeks away.

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