Medicare for all: One buzzword, different interpretations
Democrat presidential candidates and their Medicare for all proposals
Medicare for all is no longer an absurd campaign slogan. In fact, many mainstream media outlets are calling it a “2020 litmus test for Democrats.” This time, Bernie Sanders has company. Several high profile Democrats who announced their candidacy for the 2020 presidential race have now joined the bandwagon.
In fact, many mainstream media outlets are calling it a “2020 litmus test for Democrats.”
But the million-dollar question is: what exactly is “Medicare for all” —to our presidential candidates?
Democratic 2020 candidates like Senator Elizabeth Warren(D-MA), Corey Booker (D-NJ), Kamala Harris (D-CA), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) are courting “Medicare for all” promises, but their interpretations of this buzzword are starkly different from each other.
Under the bill proposed by Bernie Sanders in 2017, Medicare for all means everyone living in America will be covered under a single insurance plan, with government in charge. If the bill is ratified, no one will be uninsured or underinsured. This will significantly cut down one of the biggest drivers in health care cost: an…
