Elizabeth Warren is the latest Senator to officially support Medicare for All

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Source: Think Progress

It’s looking increasingly likely that supporting single-payer health care will be the standard for Democratic lawmakers who want to be considered serious 2020 candidates, as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) announced Thursday that she will co-sponsor Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) Medicare for All bill.

“There is something fundamentally wrong when one of the richest and most powerful countries on the planet can’t make sure that a person can afford to see a doctor when they’re sick. This isn’t any way to live,” Warren said in an email to supporters Thursday morning announcing her decision.

Warren’s support for the bill is unsurprising, as the progressive senator has expressed support for single-payer health care in the past. In June, she told the Wall Street Journal that Democrats running in 2018 and 2020 should run on a single-payer platform.

Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/support-for-single-payer-2020-standard-b03e1e88205a/

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[nycbos]

1. Though I like the plan what we call it matters.

Just like people thought the ACA was different than Obamacare, medicare for all I am almost positive better than single payer healthcare even if we are the same thing.


Also we shouldn't scream sellout if we have to comprise with a solution like adding a public option to the ACA. The ACA was a first step toward a "single payer system." A public option would be a means to an end to achieve it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

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