Sen. Duckworth (second from right) with Democrat colleagues including Bernie Sanders
WASHINGTON DC – Illinois' junior U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth's spokesperson says the senator is reviewing Senator Bernie Sanders' proposal to fix the faltering Obamacare system, and likes the concept.
Sanders’s Medicare-for-all Act of 2017 begins by transforming Medicare so that its enrollees do not pay any money for virtually limitless free health insurance — with the exception of cosmetic care, like plastic surgery. (As currently operated, Medicare enrollees have to pay significant costs in premiums and deductibles to access their care.) Then the bill would drop the Medicare eligibility age — from 65 to 55 in the first year, and then gradually over four years until everyone is covered.
.@TammyforIL Duckworth (D-IL) likes Medicare-for-All in principle; spox @ssavett says shes evaluating the bill now:https://t.co/XqY4aXaGZg pic.twitter.com/qOd8y21AG1
— Jeff Stein (@JStein_Vox) September 13, 2017
