About 200 people gathered at Washington Middle School Sunday morning to hear Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.

The Washington stop was part of Warren’s Fair Share Road Show series of town halls in Iowa.

After telling her story of growing up in Oklahoma, attending a commuter college in Texas and eventually becoming a law professor, Warren launched into the issues that have defined her campaign thus far – universal healthcare, government corruption and a 2% wealth tax.

Warren said that about 50 million adults last year did not get the medical care they needed because of the high costs of deductibles, co-pays and premiums.

“I propose we offer complete healthcare to everyone,” Warren said. “For 135 million people, it would be free. They would have the option to be able to opt in and get free healthcare coverage – anyone under 18 and for a family of four with an income less than $50,000. For everybody else, it’s a modest cost.”

She told the crowd that at a Saturday town hall in Clinton, one man suggested she call her plan “better than Medicare for all.”

“Then when people have a chance to try it – they will have a choice, nobody has to – they’re going to say they like Medicare for All, or ‘better than Medicare for All,’” Warren said.

She talked about how insurance companies are spending millions of dollars on lobbying efforts each year to protect billions of dollars in future profits.

“Whatever you think is the right policy on healthcare, I’m very sure that policy should not be made by insurance companies who are spending hundreds of millions of dollars,” she said.

Warren pointed out how government is working well for many companies.

“We have government in Washington that works great for giant drug companies, just not people trying to fill a prescription,” she said. “It works great for people who want to make money by investing in private prisons and private detention centers down at our border, just not for the families who are torn apart by them.

“It works great for oil companies who want to drill everywhere, just the rest of us who see climate change bearing down upon us. We see a government that works great for those with money, but it’s not working so good for much of anyone else. That is corruption pure and simple.”

She made it clear that she would not be beholden to those companies.

“I made the decision when I decided to run for president that I wasn’t going to do any big-dollar fundraisers behind closed doors,” she said. “I was not going to sell access.”

Warren also said it is time for a wealth tax in this country, explaining how her proposed 2% wealth tax would work.

“This is a tax on fortunes above $50 million, so the first $50 million is free and clear,” she said. “On your $50 million and first dollar, you’re going to pitch in two cents, and two cents on every dollar after that. Once you hit a billion, you pitch in a little more.”

She explained that the money raised from the wealth tax could pay for universal childcare and pre-kindergarten, provide more money for schools, cancel student loan debt and make public colleges and universities tuition-free.

“Everything we can do with that two cents is life-transformative for many people across this country,” she said.

Warren was asked by a Washington High School student about how she would address the gun violence problem in the country.

Warren said that the issue goes beyond school shootings, but all types of gun violence, including suicide and domestic violence.

“When you lose a child, you lose a child,” she said.

Warren likened her approach to the way the country went about addressing highway deaths in the past, by passing what was obvious, and continuously studying the issue and making more changes.

She said that more than 90% of people want to see assault weapons off the street and stricter background checks.

“The question you should ask yourself is, in a democracy when more than 90% of the citizens in this country are behind something, why can we not even get a vote in the United States Senate,” Warren said. “This is a gun industry that is still calling the shots in Washington.

“That is corruption, and we need to start with calling out the NRA.”