More than 100 House Democrats rally behind Medicare for All

Published February 26, 2019 10:29pm ET



More than 100 House Democrats on Wednesday will introduce a healthcare plan that would transition nearly everyone living in the U.S. onto a government-financed system in two years.

“All we are saying is that there will be one point of payment and it will be the government,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., the lead sponsor of the plan known as the Medicare for All Act, said in a call with reporters Tuesday.

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