Clinton puts forth progressive health care agenda

While Republicans talk “repeal and replace” with no “replace,” Hillary Clinton has introduced a progressive health care plan.

The document mostly rehashes Clinton’s previous proposals, including extending Medicare as an option to Americans 55 years and older, allowing undocumented immigrants to purchase coverage from Obamacare exchanges, and efforts to fight high out-of-pocket health care costs.

The document itself is largely symbolic, but it’s taken on more weight this year as Clinton moves left to appeal to Sanders’ supporters. Sanders, who clashed with Clinton during the primary over his support for a single-payer health care system, praised the Clinton plan in a press call Saturday morning.

“Together, these steps will get us closer to the day where everyone in this country has access to quality, affordable health care,” Sanders said.

In a new proposal, Clinton calls for doubling funding for primary care services at community health centers, which serve working class and poor Americans. That proposal was part of a compromise with the Sanders campaign, according to Sanders delegate Michael Lighty, policy director of National Nurses United — a group that was among the most vocal proponents of Sanders’ single-payer plan.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.