Sen. Warren Says ‘Now It’s Time For The Next Step. And The Next Step Is Single Payer.’
Although the Massachusetts Democrat once dismissed a call from progressives to move the country to a single-payer health system, she endorsed it in a new interview with The Wall Street Journal.
Roll Call:
Warren: ‘The Next Step Is Single-Payer’
Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Tuesday that opposing the Republican health care bill wasn’t enough, and the Democratic Party should start running on a new national single-payer plan. “President Obama tried to move us forward with health-care coverage by using a conservative model that came from one of the conservative think tanks that had been advanced by a Republican governor in Massachusetts,” she told the Wall Street Journal. “Now it’s time for the next step. And the next step is single payer.” (Breiner, 6/27)
The Wall Street Journal:
Elizabeth Warren Tries to Win Back Voters in Trump Country
Ms. Warren says her immediate focus is on fighting the Republican health-care legislation and mounting her 2018 re-election campaign. But she hasn’t been shy about seeking to pull fellow Democrats and those running in next year’s midterm elections to the left. Blocking the GOP rollback of provisions in the Affordable Care Act, Ms. Warren said, is not enough. She said Democrats on the ballot in the next two federal elections should back a national single-payer health-care plan. (Epstein, 6/27)
Boston Globe:
How Elizabeth Warren Turned Into An Enthusiastic Supporter Of Single-Payer Health Care
Senator Elizabeth Warren now says Democrats should endorse a government-run, single-payer health insurance system for the upcoming 2018 midterm elections and beyond, after suggesting four years ago the proposal was “politically unacceptable.” How did Warren’s position evolve? (Herndon, 6/27)
