- Annie Andrews, a physician and South Carolina Democratic Senate nominee, called "Medicare for All" outdated and is running as a pragmatic, problem-solving moderate.
- She favors near-term fixes—adding a public option to the ACA, reinstating premium subsidies, blocking recent Medicaid cuts, and boosting CDC/NIH funding—rather than a full government-run plan.
- Andrews faces long odds in a deeply conservative state: no Democrat has won a statewide race in South Carolina since 1998, and GOP nominee Darline Graham is currently heavily favored.
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