says it’s time for Democrats to run on single-payer health care across the country. Warren’s comments represent a shift to her position on the U.S. health care system. In March, she said her support for switching to single-payer ― in which the government handles coverage of health care costs, rather than insurance companies ― would depend on whether Democrats could find Republican lawmakers willing to help fix the Affordable Care Act passed under Obama. Last week, a high-profile effort to establish a single-payer health care system in California stalled amid concerns from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers in the state over how to pay for the estimated $330 billion to $400 billion measure. Matt Gorman, communications director at the National Republican Campaign Committee, goaded Democrats to heed Warren’s call for such a system.

Source: Huffington Post June 27, 2017 15:11 UTC