I would like to hear more on his broader health plan for people under 55. I think 'Medicare for all' can work as long as its really a public option and just call it M4A.
The Hill article says Booker, Harris, and Warren all claim to support Medicare for all. That should be more than enough evidence to show that at this point it's essentially just a political slogan that means a million different things depending on who you ask
Well they've co-sponsored Sanders bill which is a bit further than just embracing a slogan. Sanders bill is not good at all and did mention eliminating private insurance.
That's what single-payer health care is, and anyone claiming to support single-payer must advocate the elimination of private insurance as a corollary. At any rate, Booker has given extremely inconsistent answers when asked about his position on health care, and he seems to be in favour of retaining private insurance. Harris has given us all kinds of definitions as to what she thinks it means. Sanders' proposal is not the only proposal which uses the phrase 'Medicare for all', so there is a lot of ambiguity among the Democratic caucus and among people who ostensibly support it
In all fairness, a lot of M4A advocates muddy the issue by hyping the healthcare systems of countries like Australia, Germany and the UK, all of which have private insurers.
I don’t think Medicare for All necessarily means abolishing private supplemental insurance. There is private supplemental insurance to Medicare right now, after all.
I know that’s not how Germany works but I think it’s in line with the UK, isn’t it?
