DNC committee blocks ‘Medicare for all’ from 2020 draft party platform

Published July 27, 2020 9:31pm ET



Democrats blocked an attempt to include “Medicare for all” in the party’s 2020 draft platform.

The Democratic National Committee’s platform panel met virtually on Monday to discuss whether the party should incorporate language endorsing Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’s signature policy in its message to voters before the November general elections.

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