Socialists are selling you ‘Medicare for All.’ It’s just Medicaid with better PR

Published August 17, 2026 9:00am ET



In the same vein that Ovaltine should be called “Roundtine,” the Democratic Socialists of America‘s Medicare for All plan should properly be called Medicaid for All.

The DSA’s Workers Deserve Program claims it will fix the “broken healthcare system” by guaranteeing “universal healthcare at no cost to individuals, including complete access to reproductive and gender-affirming care.”

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