Posted on 11/04/2026 3:57:51 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Progressive Democrats are preparing a renewed push for Medicare for All after Tuesday's midterm elections, setting up a battle over a government-run healthcare system that Republicans warn would eliminate most private insurance and require massive tax increases.
The effort could become a major issue in the next Congress, particularly if Democrats gain control of one or both chambers, according to a report Tuesday in the Washington Examiner.
Republicans argue the proposal would amount to a sweeping federal takeover of healthcare, replacing employer-sponsored insurance and forcing millions of Americans into a new government system.
Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, who faces Medicare for All supporter Abdul El-Sayed, has made the proposal a campaign issue.
"If the government's going to give you something, they have to take it away from someone else," Rogers said at a recent campaign event, according to KFF Health News.
Pointing to estimates that the program could require roughly $4 trillion in annual government spending, Rogers added: "Guess what? People pay for that."
Supporters counter that replacing private insurance premiums with public financing could reduce overall healthcare costs, although estimates vary widely.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., the principal sponsor of the House Medicare for All Act, told Punchbowl News on Tuesday that she wants lawmakers to begin formally considering the legislation in 2027 and bring it to a House vote.
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They know we won’t protest.
So they can force communist medicine on us without any pushback.
White people are going to be sorry they voted for Dems, they will be forced to pay for the healthcare for every 3rd worlder and their children who will NEVER pay into the system.
and Trump will VETO that crap in a second. Medicare for all is nothing more than a disaster wrapped in another disaster. Just wait til 100 MILLION Dem voters come across the border and will get free health care too, on our dime of course, expect to wait 3 yrs to see a doctor, if you can wait long enough, otherwise you croak or get a nice letter in the mail from the Govt saying “Hey you cost too much to keep alive, take a nice pill and you can die nice and easy”
Means Medical care for none. The next two years are going to be painful, senile Joe times x 100.
The plan is to invite the whole world (Approximately 3.8 billion people (46% of the world’s population) live in relatively low-income, less-prosperous countries, including India, Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan and much of Africa).
I’d like to see them do a poll to see how much Americans really support this. I haven’t seen much on that.
Same Medicare pie, but more slices means smaller pieces for everyone.
Despite the Boomers having paid into it all their lives, and Zoomers having paid little to nothing.
The caravans are already forming. 2 months from now America’s population will swell by millions. Again, as it did under President auto pen.
Should have dismantled it while we still had a chance to do so....
But we didn't do that so here we are today....
Soon the Democrats will require any hospital that receives Medicare funds to provide physician assisted suicide and transgender surgical procedures. Abortion to the time of birth must also be available. Any hospital that does not tally “acceptable” numbers will be held accountable.
Democrats just won back Congress!
Here’s what we need to deliver:
✅ No new funding for the war in Iran
✅ $25 an hour minimum wage
✅ Medicare for All
✅ Zero aid to Israel, stop military sales pic.twitter.com/eneO1W37pD— Rep. Ro Khanna (@RepRoKhanna) November 4, 2026
How hard will it take to overrun a veto when all you need is 10 republicans in the senate worried about ‘28? The house should be even easier.
Isn’t the Dems term ‘Medicare for All’ really Medicaid for all, with all the limitations and difficulties current Medicaid recipients struggle with being forced upon citizens? I imagine all people currently insured through their workplace will be effectively forced to be on the new Medicaid instead of their current plan. I can foresee competing for necessary medical care with all your fellow countrymen who don’t have jobs or are disabled will make it difficult to get treatment in a timely manner for anything serious. Especially if you have to wait in line with people who have nothing better to do than make appointments and create long lines by their frequent visits.
Everyone will qualify.
Yes, Trump is chomping at the bit to sign that one. 😆
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