Rep. Keith Ellison is taking up the Medicare-for-all mantle in the House

[Hermit-The-Prog]

Ellison is now the lead sponsor of the House’s single-payer bill.
By Ella Nilsen

Progressive Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) has taken on the mantle of Medicare-for-all in the House of Representatives.

On Wednesday, Ellison received unanimous consent from his House colleagues to become the lead sponsor of the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act — originally introduced by former Rep. John Conyers (D-MI). (Conyers resigned in December in the wake of multiple sexual misconduct and harassment claims from former female staffers.)

The bill, more commonly known as the House version of the Medicare-for-all bill, would guarantee universal health care in the United States (Sen. Bernie Sanders is the lead sponsor of the Senate version). It enjoys support from 121 House Democrats — more than 60 percent of the caucus.

To be clear, it has no chance of going anywhere in the current Republican-controlled Congress. But it’s a signal of the policies Democrats could pursue if they’re able to take back the House in 2018 and, furthermore, a signal that more congressional Democrats are getting behind progressive health care policies.

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https://www.vox.com/2018/3/7/17092850/ellison-conyers-medicare-for-all-house-congress-single-payer

[BigmanPigman]

1. I am keeping my fingers crossed!

[Voltaire2]

2. Someday. Someday. I keep hoping.