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Source: The Hill
BY PETER SULLIVAN - 05/24/17 11:21 AM EDT
A group of House Democrats called Wednesday for a single-payer, Medicare for All system amid Republicans' ObamaCare repeal push.
The roughly half a dozen Democrats were led by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the longest-serving member of the House, who has for years sponsored legislation to create a single-payer healthcare system that would see the government provide health insurance for everyone.The lawmakers attacked Republican efforts to repeal ObamaCare, but argued that the country needed to also go further than the current health law.
We can fight fiercely to protect the Affordable Care Act and also look a little bit farther in terms of establishing Medicare for All, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), a high-profile single-payer advocate and vice-chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said at the press conference.
Conyers touted that his Medicare for All bill now has the most co-sponsors it has ever had with 111 lawmakers more than half of the House Democratic caucus. The chairman of the House Democratic caucus, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.), joined as a co-sponsor of the bill earlier this week. Ive never seen more energy behind this issue of Medicare for All, Conyers said.
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