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Elizabeth Warren sets out Medicare for All funding plan
This appeared in The Millennial Source
On Friday, November 1, Senator Elizabeth Warren revealed a plan that sets out how she intends to fund the long term policy goals of her Medicare for All proposal.
Warren’s Medicare for All proposal would dismantle the current healthcare system and replace it with a government-run health insurance program. According to her, “American families are getting crushed by health costs” and “health care is a human right.”
The release of this detailed plan is in response to criticism over an alleged lack of clarity over the Medicare plan.
What is her plan?
Senator Bernie Sanders — US Senator from Vermont and candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination for the 2020 election, envisioned Medicare for All in a 2017 Senate bill. Elizabeth Warren was one of 16 other Democrats that co-signed the bill. The legislation proposed to enroll every American in a “federally administered national health insurance program.” In this system, the federal government would be the sole provider of health insurance. Private insurance, including coverage provided by employers, would be almost eliminated.
