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‘If he wants to pass Trumpcare-for-all, I’m OK with it,’ says Medicare for all champion Abdul El-Sayed (www.commondreams.org)
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“Donald, if you’re watching, we’ll put your name on it. You get to be the American president who finally guaranteed health care for every single American.”

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senator-elect from Michigan who ran on a progressive platform with Medicare for All at its center, said Friday that he doesn’t care what the policy is called so long as it passes, even during Donald Trump’s lame duck term, which will begin in January.

Appearing on Zeteo with editor-in-chief Mehdi Hasan, El-Sayed was asked if he agreed with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who a night earlier pronounced that he wasn’t so sure that if Democratic majorities in the US House and Senate passed a Medicare for All Bill that Trump wouldn’t sign it.

“If he wants to pass Trumpcare-for-All, I’m ok with it. He seems to like to put his name on things,” said El-Sayed.

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[–] 36 points 1 day ago* (1 child)

Hakeem doesn't say stuff like this and that's why he needs to go.

Hakeem will describe vague notions of problems to be fixed with ultimate solutions that end up being "give health insurers more money".

Abdul is proposing the policy, medicare for all, and saying "but call it whatever you want". Hakeem will identify a problem, but ultimately will push dogshit policies that aren't popular.

That's part of why he's so much better.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 day ago

    Hakeem will describe vague notions of problems to be fixed with ultimate solutions that end up being “give health insurers more money”.

    Let's look at what Jeffries has said about healthcare in this country!

    • "we’ve established working groups [on] [...] healthcare"
    • "We’re going to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits"
    • "we’re going to lower costs and we’re going to save healthcare"

    This shit means exactly what it does when he says we need to "reform ICE". Incremental improvements, no actual solution to the underlying problem.

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