Sen. Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenOvernight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds On The Money: Half of states deplete funds for Trump's 0 unemployment expansion | EU appealing ruling in Apple tax case | House Democrats include more aid for airlines in coronavirus package Warren, Khanna request IG investigation into Pentagon's use of coronavirus funds MORE (D-Mass.), a 2020 White House hopeful, reportedly said Saturday that she remains “fully committed” to "Medicare for All" after her implementation plan drew criticism.

“My commitment to Medicare for All is all the way,” Warren told reporters in Iowa, according to The Associated Press. She also defended provisions of her plan that call for building on existing health care programs before implementing Medicare for All because “people need help right now.”

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Warren’s more centrist Democratic 2020 competitors, Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenFormer Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick Bloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida MORE and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg Pete ButtigiegBillionaire who donated to Trump in 2016 donates to Biden The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - GOP closes ranks to fill SCOTUS vacancy by November Buttigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice MORE, criticized her plan, which would allow Americans to buy into a public option in its initial phase, similar to plans issued by Biden and Buttigieg themselves. Biden’s campaign accused Warren of “muddying the waters” while Buttigieg’s campaign called it “transparently political.”

“Look, I’ve shown how we can do this without raising middle class taxes by 1 penny. I’ve shown how we can do this to get help immediately for people,” Warren said on Saturday, the AP noted. “It’s all laid out, it’s all on the website.”

Warren also drew a distinction between her proposal and Biden’s and Buttigieg’s, saying “mine is about actually giving people Medicare for All that is going to be full health care coverage.”

Under her proposal, a full Medicare for All program would not be implemented until years into a Warren presidency, but Warren denied that the timeline rolled out Friday was an acknowledgement that passing such a measure would be an uphill struggle.

Warren told reporters on Saturday she saw an “intense need … for relief, so my plan is first to do the things that as president I’ll be able to do on my own,” according to the AP.

“When we’ve got tens of millions of people in the system, we’ve got lots of allies in the system,” she added. “We’ll transition to Medicare for All.”