Heidi Heitkamp: Democrats, don't ditch the ACA for Medicare-for-all

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37. Of note the majority of our presidential candidates support medicare for all.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/policy-2020/medicare-for-all/
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SUPPORTS
SOME
VERSION OF IT

Not all have been specific about how far they’re willing to go in support of single-payer health care.

Booker
Buttigieg
Castro
Gabbard
Gillibrand
Harris
Messam
Sanders
Warren
Williamson

Yang
PREFERS
SOMETHING
ELSE

Others have proposed different plans to reach universal coverage, such as providing a public option.

Delaney
Hickenlooper
Inslee
Klobuchar
O'Rourke
Swalwell


https://www.axios.com/2020-presidential-candidates-medicare-for-all-7d958bab-de34-4d8c-921d-b561f201c4c2.html

"The Medicare for All bill from Sen. Bernie Sanders has 16 co-sponsors including several 2020 Democrats. Both Sanders' bill and a bill from Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) lay out paths for eliminating private health insurance. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) reintroduced a bill in February that offers a buy-in option.
Medicare For All
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): Wants to eliminate private insurance and establish a single source of health-care coverage for prescriptions, medical, vision, dental and mental health care.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) has stuck by Sanders' bill, telling CNN's Jake Tapper that the U.S. needs to eliminate going through an insurance company and "move on." She also co-sponsored the Medicare at 50 Act and Schatz's State Public Option Act.
Former HUD Secretary Julián Castro: Supports it, saying at an event with Iowa Democrats that the U.S. should "be the healthiest nation," per the Hill.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii): Supports Medicare for All, but doesn't want to eliminate private insurance.

New Age spiritual guru Marianne Williamson: Supports a "Medicare for All model," according to her campaign website.

"Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is a co-sponsor of Sen. Debbie Stabenow's Medicare at 50 Act, which allows ages 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare. Booker is a co-sponsor on Sanders' bill."
"Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is a co-sponsor on Sanders' bill and supports Medicare at 50 Act."