Aug 9, 2024In 2018, Governor Tim Walz ran on implementing a public health insurance option, stating in his 2019 inaugural address as Governor, "We must also reaffirm our Minnesotan value that health care is a basic human right." A "public option" is a government-run, taxpayer-funded healthcare plan competing with the private sector.
Mar 23, 2019Ms. Harris, asked directly about getting rid of private health insurance during a CNN forum in January, answered, "Let's eliminate all that. Let's move on." Let's move on."
But she also shot down a similar question on whether it would eliminate private coverage, saying, "I don't believe we need to get rid of private insurance" before referring to supplemental plans.
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., came out for a Medicare For All plan on Monday that would replace private insurance. Expect it to be one of the biggest debates of 2020.
Whether that "no" referred to private insurance or private providers hasn't been clarified. It's becoming clear that this is a question that any 2020 hopefuls will have to deal with.
Jan 29, 2019California Sen. Kamala Harris fully embraced "Medicare-for-all" single payer health insurance at a CNN town hall Monday and said she's willing to end private insurance to make it happen.
Peter Buttigieg, a 2020 candidate, admitted the implementation of a single-payer system would replace private health insurance, yet he argued there was still a "role for the private sector."
However, support for the plan drops when Americans were faced with prospects of paying higher taxes to fund the system and the elimination of private health insurance companies (only 37 percent ...
By Robert Field Should Medicare-for-All replace private insurance? That question, although central to many current health reform debates, presents a fundamental contradiction. If Medicare-for-All were to eliminate private coverage, it wouldn't be Medicare, which has made room for private insurers from the start. Medicare could have been designed as a pure single payer with comprehensive
Dec. 27: "We need to provide health care to all Americans, but I would not get rid of all private insurance plans immediately, because millions of Americans are on those plans, enjoy those plans ...