Joe Biden Joe BidenCast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response Biden tells CNN town hall that he has benefited from white privilege MORE pointed to "delays" and "cost" when asked in a new interview if he would veto a "Medicare for All" proposal championed by Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersMcConnell accuses Democrats of sowing division by 'downplaying progress' on election security The Hill's Campaign Report: Arizona shifts towards Biden | Biden prepares for drive-in town hall | New Biden ad targets Latino voters Why Democrats must confront extreme left wing incitement to violence MORE (I-Vt.), his rival in the Democratic presidential primary, if elected to the White House.

"Veto question. Let’s flash forward. You’re president. Bernie Sanders is still active in the Senate. He manages to get Medicare for All through the Senate in some compromised version, the Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenWarren, Schumer introduce plan for next president to cancel ,000 in student debt The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Don't expect a government check anytime soon No new taxes for the ultra rich — fix bad tax policy instead MORE version or other version. Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiMcConnell focuses on confirming judicial nominees with COVID-19 talks stalled Overnight Defense: Top admiral says 'no condition' where US should conduct nuclear test 'at this time' | Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings Pelosi must go — the House is in dire need of new leadership MORE gets a version of it through the House of Representatives," MSNBC's Lawrence O’Donnell asked the former vice president late Monday. "It comes to your desk. Do you veto it?"

“I would veto anything that delays providing the security and the certainty of health care being available now. If they got that through in by some miracle or there’s an epiphany that occurred and some miracle occurred that said, OK, it’s passed. Then you got to look at the cost,” Biden responded.

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Biden also said he would want to know how lawmakers expected to pay for the proposal, which he said would cost “$35 trillion.”

“Look, my opposition isn’t to the principle that there should be — you should have Medicare. I mean, I — look, everybody — health care should be a right in America. My opposition relates to whether or not, A, it’s doable, two, what the cost is, and what the consequences for the rest of the budget are,” Biden said.

“How are you going to find $35 trillion over the next 10 years without having profound impacts on everything from taxes for middle class and working class people as well as well as the impact on the rest of the budget?” he asked.

Joe Biden tells @Lawrence that, as president, he would veto Medicare-for-All if it passed both houses of Congress and came to his desk. pic.twitter.com/AOfPsXI3Xq — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) March 10, 2020

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Sanders’s plan is estimated to cost $30 trillion over 10 years. The progressive has cited a study from Yale University that found his plan would lower health costs by $450 billion a year.

Voters in six states will cast ballots in the Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday. Biden holds a slight lead over Sanders in delegates after a strong showing on Super Tuesday last week.

The former vice president built a double-digit lead over Sanders nationwide among likely Democratic voters in a CNN poll released Monday. The poll found that 52 percent of voters said they wanted Biden to win the nomination, while 36 percent chose Sanders.