‘They Don’t Get To Keep It’

Democrats’ Radical Single-Payer Medicare For None Schemes Would Outlaw Private Insurance And Kick Tens Of Millions Of Americans Off Their Employer Insurance Plans In Cosponsors’ States Alone

No, You Can’t Keep Your Plan: ‘Medicare for All Would Abolish Private Insurance,’ ‘Let’s Eliminate All Of That’

THE NEW YORK TIMES: “Medicare for All Would Abolish Private Insurance. ‘There’s No Precedent in American History.’” (“Medicare for All Would Abolish Private Insurance. ‘There’s No Precedent in American History,’” The New York Times, 3/23/2019)

“At the heart of the ‘Medicare for all’ proposals championed by Senator Bernie Sanders and many Democrats is a revolutionary idea: Abolish private health insurance.” (“Medicare for All Would Abolish Private Insurance. ‘There’s No Precedent in American History,’” The New York Times, 3/23/2019)

Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare for All Act of 2019’: “In general … it shall be unlawful for—

(1) a private health insurer to sell health insurance coverage that duplicates the benefits provided under this Act; or

(2) an employer to provide benefits for an employee, former employee, or the dependents of an employee or former employee that duplicate the benefits provided under this Act.” (S. 1129, 116^th Congress)

CNN’s WOLF BLITZER: “Senator, let’s talk a little bit about Medicare for All … According to a recent Gallup poll, 70% of these people with private health insurance, their plans, they like their plans. They think their plans are good. Will these people be able to keep their health insurance plans, their private plans...”

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT): “No.”

(“How Bernie Sanders Is Turning ‘Medicare For All’ Into A Major 2020 Liberal Litmus Test,” CNN, 2/26/2019)

SEN. KAMALA HARRIS (D-CA): “[W]e need to have Medicare for all. That’s just the bottom line.”

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CNN’S JAKE TAPPER: “[T]o reiterate, you support the Medicare for all bill … initially co-sponsored by Senator Bernie Sanders. You’re also a co-sponsor onto it. I believe it will totally eliminate private insurance. So for people out there who like their insurance, they don’t get to keep it?”

HARRIS: “Well, listen, the idea is that everyone gets access to medical care, and you don’t have to go through the process of going through an insurance company, having them give you approval, going through the paperwork, all of the delay that may require. Who of us has not had that situation, where you’ve got to wait for approval, and the doctor says, well, I don’t know if your insurance company is going to cover this? Let’s eliminate all of that. Let’s move on.”

(CNN, 1/28/2019)

The Senate Cosponsors Of Sanders’ Medicare For None Legislation Alone Represent Ten Of Millions Of People Who Would Lose Their Insurance Coverage

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is sponsoring the bill and Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT) is a cosponsor. (S. 1129, 116^th Congress)

Potential Insurance Losses In VERMONT: Nearly 300,000 people (“Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population,” Kaiser Family Foundation, 2017)

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is a cosponsor. (S. 1129, 116^th Congress)

Potential Insurance Losses In NEW JERSEY: Nearly 5 million people (“Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population,” Kaiser Family Foundation, 2017)

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is a cosponsor. (S. 1129, 116^th Congress)

Potential Insurance Losses In NEW YORK: Over 9.5 million people (“Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population,” Kaiser Family Foundation, 2017)

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) is a cosponsor. (S. 1129, 116^th Congress)

Potential Insurance Losses In CALIFORNIA: Nearly 18.3 million people (“Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population,” Kaiser Family Foundation, 2017)

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ed Markey (D-MA) are cosponsors. (S. 1129, 116^th Congress)

Potential Insurance Losses In MASSACHUSETTS: Nearly 3.7 million people (“Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population,” Kaiser Family Foundation, 2017)

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is a cosponsor. (S. 1129, 116^th Congress)

Potential Insurance Losses In WISCONSIN: Nearly 3.2 million people (“Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population,” Kaiser Family Foundation, 2017)

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is a cosponsor. (S. 1129, 116^th Congress)

Potential Insurance Losses In CONNECTICUT: Nearly 1.9 million people (“Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population,” Kaiser Family Foundation, 2017)

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is a cosponsor. (S. 1129, 116^th Congress)

Potential Insurance Losses In OREGON: Over 1.9 million people (“Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population,” Kaiser Family Foundation, 2017)

Sens. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) are cosponsors. (S. 1129, 116^th Congress)

Potential Insurance Losses In HAWAII: Nearly three quarters of a million people (“Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population,” Kaiser Family Foundation, 2017)

Sens. Tom Udall (D-NM) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) are cosponsors. (S. 1129, 116^th Congress)

Potential Insurance Losses In NEW MEXICO: Nearly three quarters of a million people (“Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population,” Kaiser Family Foundation, 2017)

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is a cosponsor. (S. 1129, 116^th Congress)

Potential Insurance Losses In RHODE ISLAND: Over half a million people (“Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population,” Kaiser Family Foundation, 2017)

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