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A healthcare executive slammed Medicare for All Wednesday, saying that the single-payer healthcare plan would cause “disruption” for millions of Americans by eliminating their private health insurance. 

On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Weekends with Alex Witt,” House Budget Committee member Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) reacted to the Supreme Court’s ruling on President Trump using military funds for a border wall by saying that Congress must “use the appropriations

Actress and leftist activist Susan Sarandon claimed Wednesday that Medicare for All will eliminate networks, premiums, and deductibles; however, she neglected to mention that Medicare for All will lead to worse care for patients, longer waiting lines, and much higher taxes for working Americans.

Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA) became Friday the 115th sponsor for Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s (D-WA) Medicare for All, meaning that nearly half of the House Democrat caucus backs the single-payer healthcare legislation.

House Budget Committee chairman John Yarmuth (D-KY) backed Medicare for All on Thursday despite his earlier reservations about the single-payer legislation’s political viability. 

Rep. Pramila Jayayal (D-WA) said Wednesday that “it’s not a question of if, it’s a question of when” America has single-payer health care.

The House Budget Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday on “components” and “considerations” for “establishing a single-payer health care system.”

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) claimed Sunday that her support for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) Medicare for All bill does not mean that she wants to eliminate private health insurance, despite that Sanders’ bill would eliminate the industry entirely.

Humana CEO Bruce Broussard reversed his previous support for Medicare for All and said his company does not support a single-payer, government-run healthcare plan, according to a report released Sunday. 

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said in a report this week that a potential transition to Medicare for All could be “complicated, challenging,” and potentially disruptive.

The DREAM Act has reportedly temporarily stalled in the House because amnesty activists are insisting that Democrats grant a pathway to citizenship to illegal immigrants who have committed crimes.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said Tuesday that one million private health insurance workers will get “displaced” under Medicare for All.

Echoing former President Barack Obama’s infamous lie about Obamacare, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) claimed Tuesday that Americans will not lose their health care, doctors, or hospitals under Medicare for All.

Mercatus Center scholar Charles Blahous said Tuesday that Medicare for All would cost over $60 trillion over the next decade.

Democrats will hold their first congressional hearing on the single-payer, government-run healthcare proposal known as Medicare for All on Tuesday. 

Less than one-third of Americans said that implementing a Medicare for All healthcare plan amounts to a “top priority,” according to a poll released Wednesday.

The House Rules Committee will hold a hearing on Medicare for All next week.

Monday on CNN’s “The Situation Room,”  Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, said Congress is seeking documents to find out if President Donald Trump was “pushing his administration’s officials to continue to do things that

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lost control of the House floor on Tuesday, withdrawing from consideration before a vote what was presumed to be a mundane, run-of-the-mill, typical political messaging bill on the budget due to widespread division in her own House Democrat conference.

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) pledged Democratic lawmakers would “push hard” to get special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report. Jayapal said, “I think there’s a real problem with a politically appointed attorney general who seems to have

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has banded together, urging President Donald Trump to sign into law the historic War Powers Resolution that hit his desk on Thursday and reject a push from globalist forces for him to veto it.

The federal government must regulate behavior by 330 million Americans to protect the freedom of transgender people, says progressive Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal.

Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) on Sunday weighed in on the findings of FBI special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential election. Jayapal said on CNN’s “AC360” she would not accept the findings until she

While obsessing about “Russia collusion,” the Democratic establishment has lost control of its party. Only defeat will allow new, wiser liberals to set aside the far-left and restore sanity.

Over 100 Democrats introduced their “Medicare for All” proposal on Feb. 27. It takes away private health insurance — and that’s just the beginning.

“Medicare for All” would eliminate private health insurance — including individual and employer-provided insurance — within two years.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said on Friday that the United States government should pay reparations to families separated at the border.

House Judiciary Committee Democrats and acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker faced off Friday during a contentious six-hearing hearing that focused primarily on whether he or President Trump had ever tried to interfere with the special counsel investigation.

At least 15 congressional Democrats have dodged questions as to whether they believe the woman accusing Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault and what should happen to him.

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” House Judiciary Committee member Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said she got the sense that Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker was not truthful during his testimony before the committee earlier in the day. Anchor Wolf

Thursday MSNBC’s “All In,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said President Donald Trump wanted to stop legal immigration into America from all “folk of color.” Jayapal said, “This has never been about a wall. He actually could have gotten funding a couple

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) called for the resignation of DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. Guest host Joy Reid asked, “Do you think that she should be fired over these deaths of children?” Jayapal responded, “I

Indian-born Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal says the U.S. economy needs millions of wage-cutting visa workers for lower-skill jobs.

Democratic National Committee (DNC) chief executive officer Seema Nanda admitted on Tuesday she does not know how to pay for the socialized medicine scheme known as Medicare for All, estimates of which are somewhere between $32 and $38 trillion.

Progressive Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said Tuesday the time has come to begin laying the groundwork to vote on a “Medicare for all” bill as Democrats stand poised to lead the House in January.

Left-wing Democrats who introduced legislation or campaigned to “abolish” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reportedly have no interest in immediately pushing “abolish ICE” bills at the start of the next Congress.