Vice President Kamala Harris is reportedly no longer pushing “Medicare for All” during her campaign aft Harris co-sponsored Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All legislation when she was a California senator and offered a modified plan as the centerpiece of her bid for President back in 2020, according to Politico.
Harris is shifting to the center of her party, aligning with some of their stances, and progressives reportedly are disappointed but still support her as she vies to defeat former President Donald Trump in this year’s election.
“When you juxtapose the possibility of disappointment with the possibility of a loss of democracy, I think that I would choose a health policy that doesn’t exactly fit my desires every time,” Gillian Mason, interim executive director at Healthcare-NOW said, per the report.
“The votes just aren’t there for Medicare for All,” Larry Levitt, executive vice president of health policy at the nonpartisan health institute KFF added.
“Of course I would like anybody running for president to say that they want Medicare for All,” Dr. Ed Weisbart, national board secretary of Physicians for a National Health Program said.
