{"id":12670,"date":"2019-02-19T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T14:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12670"},"modified":"2019-02-19T09:07:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T14:07:00","slug":"for-2020-dem-hopefuls-medicare-for-all-is-a-defining-issue-however-they-define-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12670","title":{"rendered":"For 2020 Dem Hopefuls, \u2018Medicare-For-All\u2019 Is A Defining Issue, However They Define It"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

Democrats with 2020 presidential aspirations are courting the party\u2019s increasingly influential progressive wing and staking out ambitious policy platforms.<\/p>\n

Front and center are three words: Medicare. For. All.<\/p>\n

That simple phrase is loaded with political baggage, and often accompanied by vague promises and complex jargon. Different candidates use it to target different voter blocs, leading to sometimes divergent, even contradictory ideas.\u00a0 Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/p>\n

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