Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) on Tuesday announced that they and House colleagues would introduce Medicare for All legislation, marking the fifth time Sanders has put forward legislation to have the federal government pay for health services and ban private insurance.
In an editorial published in the Guardian on Tuesday, Sanders framed the bill’s reintroduction in terms of plans to reduce Medicaid spending through the budget reconciliation process. In the piece, Sanders said the reconciliation bill will “throw millions of Americans off the healthcare they have,” but added that Democrats can’t solely play defense.
“Obviously, we must defeat that terrible legislation,” said Sanders, referencing the reconciliation bill. “But we must do much more. We cannot simply defend the status quo in healthcare.”
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