“Congressional Democrats have proposed about 50 shades of Medicare-for-All plans – but their leaders are treading carefully around the bold idea because most Americans don’t yet have a firm grasp of what it would mean for them.”
“Fifty-six percent of Americans said they support the idea of a national Medicare-for-all plan in a new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation. But support faded 20 to 30 percentage points when people were told such an approach could result in higher taxes or longer wait times to see a doctor…”
“Think of these next two years as a laboratory for Democrats leading the House and those running for president in 2020 to experiment with how various degrees of Medicare expansion might play with the public. Democrats are unified on this goal: extending health coverage to all Americans. What they’re divided about is exactly how to…” Read the full article here.
Source: The Health 202: House Democrats are divided on Medicare-for-all plans – By Paige Winfield Cunningham, January 23, 2019. Washington Post.
