Medicare for all: What polls reveal as Hakeem Jeffries rejects proposal

Jeffries previously co-sponsored versions of the proposal but switched his opinion in recent years.

The ‘Medicare for All’ Math Doesn’t Add Up

Care for the elderly is subsidized by private insurance payments.

Hakeem Jeffries Rejects Medicare for All, DSA Agenda

The congressman's remarks come as Democrats wrestle with ideological divisions between their progressive and moderate wings.
Opinion

Medicare For All Is A Brand, Not A Plan

Advocates for Medicare for All should abandon reference to a dated safety net program whose flaws are becoming more pronounced by the day.

Bernie Sanders Says 'Our Current Healthcare System Is Broken,' Demands Medicare for All as 64% Back Universal Coverage

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) renewed his push for Medicare for All, arguing that the U.S. healthcare system is failing ...

Unraveling claim Hakeem Jeffries took $300K from healthcare PACs before opposing Medicare for All

Jeffries hasn't co-sponsored Medicare for All legislation since House Democrats elected him as their leader in 2022.

Yale study finds ‘Medicare for All’ could save $1 trillion and 114,000 lives every year

Implementing a universal, single-payer health care system would save the U.S. more than $1 trillion and some 114,000 lives ...

Here’s what Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare for All’ proposal actually says

The Medicare for All plan would leave intact the current infrastructure of doctors, hospitals and health providers, but nationalize the health insurance industry. Here are the most important elements.

Jeffries gives mealy-mouthed answer on Medicare for All and DSA — triggering progressive outrage

WASHINGTON — Dem House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries was dodgy Sunday about whether he backs the lefty Medicare for All ...

Why the DSA’s Medicare-for-All dream threatens us with a real-life nightmare

While excoriating insurance companies may be good politics, forcing everyone into a government insurance monopoly would be ...
Scientific American

Scientists calculated how much money and lives ‘Medicare for All’ might save—it’s a lot

This study has been touted by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont as proof of the benefits of a universal, single-payer health care system, but the research hasn’t been peer-reviewed ...

Gary Franks: Medicare for all? Here’s the missing truth

I say facetiously that it may be cheaper to pay people to stay healthy than to stay on our current course of an unsustainable ...