Here's a look at what's in Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare for All' bill, and how he helped make it a central issue in the 2020 Democratic primary. DemDebate
Republicans target Medicare for All in 2020 election's reelection campaign have slammed Medicare for All as a costly government takeover of the insurance market. They have tried to frame the 2020 election as an effort to stop Democratic attempts to create a single-payer system. They have also aimed to move voters' focus away from unpopular GOP attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which helped Democrats take control of the House in November's midterms.
In responding to Sanders' plan, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called it a "government takeover of healthcare plan which confiscates every American's private health insurance." In this political context, even the senators who co-sponsored Sanders' legislation have tiptoed around calling for the end of private health insurance companies. Sen.
Sanders' bill has little shot of getting through the GOP-held Senate. It would even face a tough path to passage in the Democratic-held House, where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and numerous members from ideologically split districts have criticized Medicare for All. Despite the concerns within the Democratic caucus, Sanders argued Wednesday that "the American people want and we are going to deliver a Medicare for All, single-payer system."to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey said they support a national health plan in which all Americans would get insurance from a single government plan, versus 39% who said they oppose it.
However, support for a government-run system drops significantly when voters are told it could require most Americans to pay more in taxes or eliminate private health insurance companies,
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