Putting People over Profits
Under this legislation, Americans will no longer have to pay premiums, co-payments, or deductibles to private health insurance companies that put profits over the needs of the American people. Instead of writing a big check to private health insurance companies, most Americans and businesses would be paying a much smaller percentage of their income to fund Medicare-for-all.
Keeping Our Promises to Veterans and Native Americans
Nothing in this legislation will impact the eligibility of veterans for the medical benefits and services provided under the VA, or of Native Americans for the medical benefits and services provided by or through the Indian Health Service. Those benefits will remain the same.
It’s What the American People Want
Guaranteeing health care as a right is important not just from a moral and economic perspective. It also happens to be what the majority of the American people want. In 2020, 69 percent of the American people supported providing Medicare to every American.
