As a spate of recent polls shows the Democratic presidential primary tightening nationally and in key early states, frontrunner Hillary Clinton and her surrogates are getting tougher in their criticism of Bernie Sanders, the only other realistic contender for the nomination.

In particular, Clinton seeks to frame Sanders’ stated belief in a single-payer health care system as both unrealistic and potentially calamitous. In his attempts to implement a system comparable to that of most other western countries, Sanders will undo the achievements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Clinton has argued.

On Tuesday, Chelsea Clinton, campaigning for her mom in New Hampshire, described Sanders’ plans for health care as disastrous.

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