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Democrat Warren Outlines Three-Year Path to Medicare for All

Reuters

   WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - White House hopeful Elizabeth Warren on Friday
   outlined how she would implement Medicare for All during her first
   term, including new legislation in her first 100 days that would give
   all Americans the option to enroll in the government health insurance
   plan.

   Warren's timeline envisions a progression that would initially retain
   many aspects of the current system, including employer-based private
   insurance, while transitioning Americans to the government's Medicare
   health insurance plan that currently covers individuals 65 and older.

   The proposal could help blunt criticism, including from a number of the
   Massachusetts U.S. senator's Democratic presidential rivals, that her
   Medicare for All plan is too disruptive.

   "By the end of my first 100 days, we will have opened the door for tens
   of millions of Americans to get high-quality Medicare for All coverage
   at little or no cost. But I won't stop there," Warren wrote on the
   website Medium.

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