Health Affairs June 11, 2019
The Medicare for All Act of 2019 (HR 1384) is more than a statement of progressive ideals, it is serious legislation. Spearheaded by second-term progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) along with 112 co-sponsors, this bill is unlikely to make it to the Republican-dominated Senate, where it would be dead on arrival. Yet, this bill, and ones like it, will define the progressive stance on health reform and will be the benchmark against which the public will judge the progressive wing and, if President Donald Trump has his way, the entire Democratic Party.
This bill is more than legislation by aspiration. The first ever Medicare for All congressional hearing took place on April 30, 2019, and gave prominence to Representative...
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