Exclusive: Center-Left Democrats Seek Distance From Medicare for All

The big healthcare fight Democrats keep dodging

Abdul El-Sayed supports Medicare-for-all. Yet his wife’s medical practice doesn’t take Medicare. That illustrates a broader challenge for healthcare reform.

Exclusive: Center-left Democrats seek distance from Medicare for All

The center-left Searchlight Institute is urging Democrats to abandon Medicare for All legislation and instead work toward universal healthcare in other ways that wouldn’t disrupt private insurance. The Health Care Unity plan, shared first with Semafor, endorses a bigger role for government in healthcare — negotiating drug prices and breaking up medical monopolies — but cautions that sunny polling on Medicare for All obscures the fact that most p…

True Universal Healthcare Means Medicare For All, Not a 'Public Option'

To truly ensure every US resident can get the healthcare they need, we need Medicare for All, not a public option that empowers the insurance industry.