Elizabeth Warren (D) "It’s time for Democrats to run on single-payer health care

[Mr. Morden]

The Boston Globe has a good primer on Warren's past comments on single payer:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/06/27/how-elizabeth-warren-turned-into-enthusiastic-supporter-single-payer-health-care/Uk8rAaRcoOIIiQWa7nDkBN/story.html

[Mr. Morden]

No other wealthy nation even has this debate.

Plenty of other wealthy countries don't have single payer health care.

[Mr. Morden]

Anyone want to predict which 2020 Dem. candidates will explicitly support single payer, and which will have a position more like "let's do Obamacare + public option, and maybe we can think about single payer years from now"?

[Mr. Morden]

Anyone want to predict which 2020 Dem. candidates will explicitly support single payer, and which will have a position more like "let's do Obamacare + public option, and maybe we can think about single payer years from now"?

Besides Sanders and Warren, have any come out for single payer?

Gillibrand said in her recent New York Magazine profile that she backs Medicare for all....and in fact even way back when she was running for her House seat in 2006 she said she wanted to allow anyone to "buy in" to Medicare.  And Jeff Merkley (who is headed to Iowa in September, and just this week refused to rule out a presidential run) is also pro-"Medicare for all".

[Mr. Morden]

Anyone want to predict which 2020 Dem. candidates will explicitly support single payer, and which will have a position more like "let's do Obamacare + public option, and maybe we can think about single payer years from now"?

Besides Sanders and Warren, have any come out for single payer?

Gillibrand said in her recent New York Magazine profile that she backs Medicare for all....and in fact even way back when she was running for her House seat in 2006 she said she wanted to allow anyone to "buy in" to Medicare.  And Jeff Merkley (who is headed to Iowa in September, and just this week refused to rule out a presidential run) is also pro-"Medicare for all".

Followup on the above: After Gillibrand said she was for Medicare for all at the Capitol steps sit in, Gillibrand senior advisor says yes, she's for single payer:

https://twitter.com/ericbradner/status/880558419723395073