WASHINGTON (AP) — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is declining to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders’ universal health care bill.
The liberal California Democrat says that while she has long supported the idea the bill captures, of everybody getting health coverage, “Right now I’m protecting the Affordable Care Act.”
She also disputes the idea that the Vermont independent’s bill has become a litmus test for Democrats, forcing them to prove their ideological purity by getting onboard.
Several Senate Democrats who are seen as potential presidential candidates in 2020 have endorsed Sanders’ bill, including Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Cory Booker of New Jersey.
Sanders’ bill would in effect expand Medicare to cover all Americans, not just the elderly.
Pelosi says President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act is actually more comprehensive than Medicare.
“Pelosi must go!” fauxtrage in 3,2, 1…
I don’t think she “must” go, but I guess I doubt the wisdom of her position here. The ACA was an admirable attempt, and far, far better than what existed before. But it’s still profit-based insurance market crap. Medicare for all is the way to go (of course the devil is in the details).
I guess she’s trying to triangulate the politics so as not to lose votes? Could we actually gain votes if the Democratic party spoke with one voice in favor of Medicare for all? <shrug> I’m not sure, but I’m uneasy with this lukewarm support. Can’t we defend the ACA while also pushing for its replacement with something obviously (to us anyhow) better?
Well I think insurance companies, particularly the higher ups need to be knocked down a bit, but Insurance companies do employ a lot of folks that need jobs, so this needs to be thought out with some transition in mind.
Sure = she’s another one of “those” women. Hilary, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Pelosi.
They don’t just employ a lot of people although it’s true that they do. They also hold the world’s financial markets together.
Insurance companies may well be the largest investors on the entire planet. Some thought is definitely needed before we get rid of them. Personally I hate them but it won’t be easy to untangle them from our financial system or any other markets.