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Debate about Medicare-for-all

What a “right” to healthcare actually means: It’s not slavery or coercion — it’s just a statement of what a government ought to provide resources for. Libby Watson on the cruel negligence of American healthcare. The human-rights agenda underlying the 2019 Medicare for All bill. The Democrats’ “Medicare for All” debate finally begins in earnest. Don’t settle for the public option over Medicare for All. Dylan Scott interviews Matt Bruenig on what he worries about — and what he doesn’t — for Medicare-for-all. Look at these absolutely ordinary Americans who hate Medicare for All. Lindsay F. Wiley (American): Medicaid for All? State-Level Single-Payer Health Care.

From Vox, we read Democrats’ 9 plans for expanding health care — here’s how they work; and Beto O’Rourke vs. Bernie Sanders sets up a real debate about Medicare-for-all. What the presidential candidates aren’t telling you about Medicare For All. A better way for Democrats to run on Medicare For All. Medicare for All is doable; most Americans want it. Brace yourself for the 2020 Medicare wars.