Elizabeth Warren’s New Health Care Plan Would Doom the Fight for Medicare for All
Elizabeth Warren's new health care proposal, released yesterday, is practically tailor-made to divide, depress, marginalize, and exhaust any political will for single payer before we've even begun the final fight.
Senator Elizabeth Warren speaking with attendees at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum at the Iowa Events Center on August 10, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Gage Skidmore / Flickr)
A recurring argument for Bernie Sanders in this primary is that he understands our obstacles are primarily political, not technocratic, and that he would bring a movement of activists with him to fight for his agenda.
Elizabeth Warren’s new health care proposal, released yesterday, presents a direct contrast to that approach. NBC News describes its basic architecture:
Warren, D-Mass., released her plan for transitioning the country to a Medicare for All health care system Friday, splitting the effort into two legislative pushes that would happen over her first term in office, but holding off — at first — on ending the role of private insurance companies.
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