Thursday, February 28, 2019

‘Medicare-for-all’ is no longer purely theoretical

‘Medicare-for-all’ is no longer purely theoretical-rollcall: The single-payer “Medicare-for-all” bill that House Democrats are releasing Wednesday seems like it should stand a good chance of attracting more support than last year. But Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, who will introduce the bill, said 107 House Democrats are initially supporting the measure. That number is fewer than the 124 Democrats who had formally backed an earlier version of the measure by the end of the last Congress.