Sanders says Kamala Harris' health care plan is 'not Medicare for All'

[Uncle Joe]

(snip)

"Well, first of all, I like Kamala. She's a friend of mine but her plan is not 'Medicare for All,' " Sanders told CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead" hosted from Detroit on Monday. "What Medicare for All understands is that health care is a human right and the function of a sane health care system is not to make sure that insurance companies and drug companies make tens of billions of dollars in profit."

"The function of Medicare For All is to guarantee health care to all people as soon as possible," Sanders continued.

Speaking to Harris' goal to achieve Medicare for All in 10 years, Sanders said, "We think that four years is as long as it should be, not 10 years."

"And that's one of the reasons I disagree with Sen. Harris," he added.

(snip)

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/politics/kamala-harris-healthcare-bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-responds-cnntv/index.html

[mia]

1. Good for her!

Go Kamala!

[redstateblues]

5. Smart move. Warren's plan is political suicide

[Gothmog]

2. From my twitter feed

Link to tweet

[oasis]

3. Bernie's right, he's got dibs on the bona fide M4A plan. I can see him

raising hell about this in the weeks to come.

[mia]

8. Bernie is wrong, whatever he says.

He'll raise hell against the Democratic Party, whatever he does.

[ucrdem]

4. I'm ordering extra popcorn

[Cha]

6. lol

[Kahuna7]

15. Oh yeah..

[Kurt V.]

7. It's not. Sanders is too far in to consider other plans. his Achilles heal.

[NastyRiffraff]

11. Bernie will not and cannot change his mind

about almost anything. He's RIGHT, dammit!

[NurseJackie]

17. An inability to adapt, and inability to admit mistakes...

An inability to adapt, and inability to admit mistakes and learn from them, will be the downfall of any politician. It's a recipe for failure.

[comradebillyboy]

9. Kamala needed to back away from Bernie's MFA; she made

a good decision. I think she ought to move even further away from MFA.

[JI7]

10. agree, it would only help her to stay away from it

[FloridaBlues]

13. Wh

What exactly is her plan? Specifically anyone know? Thanks

[PunkinPi]

20. Here ya go...

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/politics/kamala-harris-health-care-plan/index.html

[lapucelle]

12. From the 2016 Democratic platform

Securing Universal Health Care

Democrats believe that health care is a right, not a privilege, and our health care system should put people before profits. Thanks to the hard work of President Obama and Democrats in Congress, we took a critically important step toward the goal of universal health care by passing the Affordable Care Act, which has covered 20 million more Americans and ensured millions more will never be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition.

Democrats will never falter in our generations-long fight to guarantee health care as a fundamental right for every American. As part of that guarantee, Americans should be able to access public coverage through a public option, and those over 55 should be able to opt in to Medicare. Democrats will empower the states, which are the true laboratories of democracy, to use innovation waivers under the ACA to develop unique locally tailored approaches to health coverage. This will include removing barriers to states which seek to experiment with plans to ensure universal health care to every person in their state. By contrast, Donald Trump wants to repeal the ACA, leaving tens of millions of Americans without coverage.

https://democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/ensure-the-health-and-safety-of-all-americans/

BS may be confusing the policy goal (universal coverage) with a means of implementation (medicare for all).

[JI7]

14. Sanders has been in Office Longer than 10 years , why hasn't he done it ?

[crazytown]

16. "She's a friend of mine but"

LMAO (I'm not a ----- but)

[NurseJackie]

18. That caught my eye too. Those words and that type of phrasing is typically used...

That caught my eye too. Those words and that type of phrasing is typically used when referring to GOP adversaries. It's obviously INSINCERE and is used as a backhanded slap or insult... but in a socially acceptable and in compliance with congressional decorum or with Robert's Rules.

"... now, my good friend from Georgia denies that climate change is real."

[Gothmog]

19. From Prof. Krugman

Link to tweet