Vice President Kamala Harris made a concerted effort to repeal private health insurance in 2019, and a now-deleted GovTrack report highlighted Harris as the most left-leaning senator in the Senate that year.
GovTrack Scorecard Ranking She was said to be the most liberal senator in 2019, even further to the left than socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). But GovTrack retracted its report in July, noting that its conclusions were drawn from “one calendar year” of data that was “insufficient to paint a reliable portrait of a member’s activity.”
“We need Medicare for All” Harris Said She said at a town hall meeting that she would cut private insurance companies.
“I feel ‘very strongly’ about it,” she added.
“We must recognize and understand that access to health care should not be considered a privilege. It should be understood as a right,” she said.
Harris co-sponsored Sanders’ “Medicare for All” bill in 2019, which would have eliminated private insurers. right The Senate Budget Committee concluded that these problems are leading to the elimination of private health insurance, delays in treatment, and threats to the Medicare system.
- There is no possible scenario in which Americans could receive the same level of health care they currently receive without paying anything. “Medicare for All” would mean higher taxes and health care disruption for the vast majority of Americans.
- CBO [Congressional Budget Office] analysis It is clear that cost savings have been achieved only Provider reimbursements are cut or utilization decreases.
A majority of Americans oppose “Medicare for All” after learning it would eliminate private health insurers, according to a poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation. carried out Indicated.
A “campaign official” from the Harris campaign said: Said of The New York Times On Monday, she said she no longer supports a “single-payer health care system.”
Read more about Harris’ radical record here.
