This week, Bryce beamed into CNN to keep up the momentum — and ran straight into a question about whether he, like a growing number of Democrats, supports European-style universal health care. “When you look at the majority of House Democrats, they support a single-payer, $32 trillion bill backed by Bernie Sanders,” Spicer said last month. In states dominated by Democrats, single-payer campaigns have been thwarted by the high cost estimates — a preview, some worry, of what would happen if the plans went national. House Democrats blocked a vote on the single-payer plan, which kicked off protests led by the California Nurses Association and a coalition of single-payer groups. Longer term, we need a Medicare for all system.”Democrats are also willing to provide leeway for candidates who didn’t run on universal coverage.

Source: Washington Post July 06, 2017 13:27 UTC