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发帖数: 258 | 1 Kamala Harris to co-sponsor Bernie Sanders' single-payer health care bill
Washington (CNN)Sen. Kamala Harris is the first Democrat to announce she'll
co-sponsor Sen. Bernie Sanders' single-payer health care bill when it's
introduced in September.
The California freshman -- seen as a rising star in the party and a 2020
presidential prospect -- revealed her plans to back Sanders' legislation at
a town hall Wednesday night in Oakland.
"Here, I'll break some news: I intend to co-sponsor the Medicare-for-all
bill, because it's just the right thing to do," Harris said. She announced
her support for Sanders' single-payer plan at the end of her town hall and
joked that "somebody should tell my staff."
Her co-sponsorship is another sign that the Democratic Party is increasingly
embracing a shift away from the private health insurance market and toward
a government-run program. The issue is poised to become a major litmus test
for its presidential candidates in 2020.
It comes just 20 months after the party's last standard-bearer in a
presidential election, Hillary Clinton, called Sanders' single-payer
proposal "a theoretical debate about some better idea that will never, ever
come to pass."
"This is about understanding, again, that health care should be a right, not
a privilege. And it's also about being smart," Harris said. "It is so much
better that people have meaningful access to affordable health care at every
stage of life, from birth on. Because the alternative is that we as
taxpayers otherwise are paying huge amounts of money for them to get their
health care in an emergency room. So it's not only about what is morally and
ethically right, it also makes sense from a fiscal standpoint, or if you
want to talk about it as a return on investment for taxpayers."
The early endorsement from Harris could clear the way for more Democrats to
co-sponsor the bill. Already this summer, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth
Warren and New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand have announced their support for
single-payer health insurance.
Sanders tweeted his thanks to Harris on Wednesday night. "Let's make health
care a right, not a privilege," he wrote.
Some of Sanders' most vocal supporters, who had questioned Harris'
progressive bona fides, expressed cautious optimism about Harris' position.
"Like it or not, single payer has become the litmus test in order to run for
office. I expect a a lot or senators to agree. But count on Bernie 100% to
actually follow through," said RoseAnn DeMoro, the executive director of
National Nurses United, the first major union to back Sanders' 2016
presidential campaign.
But DeMoro added she wants to hear single-payer supporters aggressively
argue for the end of private insurance, too. "I want to hear an actual
articulation of the principles of single payer from these candidates,
including that the insurance industry has no role. Bernie says that. Will
they?" she said.
Winnie Wong, the co-founder of People for Bernie, said Harris is "meeting
her constituents where they are. I see this as a pragmatic political
decision." She added that it could revitalize a state-level debate in
California about moving to a single-payer program. | l*******g
发帖数: 27064 | | r*********t
发帖数: 4911 | 3 那你是小看主党的能量来。极左也能更左。
【在 l*******g 的大作中提到】
: lol
: 都已经极左了，还怎么更左？
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发帖数: 1830 | 4 在左就是共产党了
【在 l*******g 的大作中提到】
: lol
: 都已经极左了，还怎么更左？
| T*R
发帖数: 36302 | | b*****e
发帖数: 53215 | 6 所以都掉坑里了
【在 l*******g 的大作中提到】
: lol
: 都已经极左了，还怎么更左？
| e********r
发帖数: 556 | 7 2020大选会有三个党，右派草根maga党，左右建制派联合党，以及极左共产党 | a9
发帖数: 21638 | 8 说实话这个统一医疗也不是啥坏事，跟现在也没啥区别了，破罐破摔吧
至少保险公司可以少从中捞点钱
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【在 h****r 的大作中提到】
: Kamala Harris to co-sponsor Bernie Sanders' single-payer health care bill
: Washington (CNN)Sen. Kamala Harris is the first Democrat to announce she'll
: co-sponsor Sen. Bernie Sanders' single-payer health care bill when it's
: introduced in September.
: The California freshman -- seen as a rising star in the party and a 2020
: presidential prospect -- revealed her plans to back Sanders' legislation at
: a town hall Wednesday night in Oakland.
: "Here, I'll break some news: I intend to co-sponsor the Medicare-for-all
: bill, because it's just the right thing to do," Harris said. She announced
: her support for Sanders' single-payer plan at the end of her town hall and
| A***g
发帖数: 1816 | | f***y
发帖数: 452 | 10 男克时代猪党还算中左。被奥巴8年搞得向极左迅速靠拢。丫真的是猪党，没看到选民
中的独立派越来越多。 | i*****9
发帖数: 3157 | 11 男克的经济政策相对里根时代变化不大。所以主党的基本盘对于男克时代并不满意呀。
主党的基本盘就是一群 loser , that's it. 一群 loser 选了 Obama 要 change
, 问题是无论怎么 change, 他们都是 loser, 因为他们自己才是问题的所在。
于是去年 loser 到底的一批去投三德子，稍微开点窍，想明白自己需要改变来适应社
会的转投 Trump.
希拉里属于蠢到连她自己的基本盘究竟要的是啥都搞不清的。
：男克时代猪党还算中左。被奥巴8年搞得向极左迅速靠拢。丫真的是猪党，没看到选民
：中的独立派越来越多。 | e********r
发帖数: 556 | 12 希拉里大声质问 What happened？但是男克就是对她笑而不语
选民
【在 i*****9 的大作中提到】
: 男克的经济政策相对里根时代变化不大。所以主党的基本盘对于男克时代并不满意呀。
: 主党的基本盘就是一群 loser , that's it. 一群 loser 选了 Obama 要 change
: , 问题是无论怎么 change, 他们都是 loser, 因为他们自己才是问题的所在。
: 于是去年 loser 到底的一批去投三德子，稍微开点窍，想明白自己需要改变来适应社
: 会的转投 Trump.
: 希拉里属于蠢到连她自己的基本盘究竟要的是啥都搞不清的。
:
: ：男克时代猪党还算中左。被奥巴8年搞得向极左迅速靠拢。丫真的是猪党，没看到选民
: ：中的独立派越来越多。
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