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Biden, 8:22 pm: "Anyone who can't afford it gets automatically enrolled in the Medicare-type option we have."
Castro, 8:35: "You just two minutes ago they would have to buy in. Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?"
Biden, 8:22 pm: "Anyone who can't afford it gets automatically enrolled in the Medicare-type option we have."
Castro, 8:35: "You just two minutes ago they would have to buy in. Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?"
At 8:32 Biden also said that "if you lose the job from your insurance company, from your employer, you automatically can buy into this."
Castro's larger attack though was what his plan says. "You require them to opt in and I would not require them to opt in."
Castro's larger attack though was what his plan says. "You require them to opt in and I would not require them to opt in."
What Team Castro says about this moment: as a matter of practice, Biden’s automatic opt-in really isn’t so automatic. Requires interaction with other government services to be enrolled, pointing to Biden’s own website (their emphasis) 
