A growing number of Democrats are embracing single-payer health care
A growing number of Democrats are embracing single-payer health care
Sen. Kamala Harris announced this week she will sponsor a Medicare for All bill with Sen. Bernie Sanders.
ADDY BAIRD AUG 31, 2017, 9:52 AM
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) has become the latest high-profile Democrat to embrace expanding Medicare coverage to all Americans, the freshman senator announced at a town hall in Oakland Wednesday night.
Ill break some news. I intend to co-sponsor the Medicare for All bill because its just the right thing to do, Harris said Wednesday. Its just the right thing to do
But its also about being smart.
Harris will co-sponsor the Medicare for All legislation with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who rose to prominence when he ran against former Secretary of State and eventual Democratic nominee for president Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic primary.
Medicare for All was a central tenet of Sanders 2016 campaign, and several other prominent Democratic politicians have come out in support of Medicare for All or a single-payer system of some sort in recent months, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).
https://thinkprogress.org/democrats-single-payer-health-care-2c650a100687/