If you look at the list of Senate cosponsors of Medicare for All, you’ll see that 17 of the 18 come from states that Kamala Harris carried in 2024. The only two from states that are at all politically competitive are Tina Smith of Minnesota and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin — and both of them endorsed the idea only after winning their seats.
This year, Democrats are running three Senate nominees who have endorsed the idea: the candidates in Maine, Michigan, and Minnesota. My column in the Washington Post today argues that Republicans should make this an issue instead of running away from it:
The plan entails tossing hundreds of millions of Americans off their current coverage. Thirty-six million seniors have chosen Medicare Advantage plans alone. Traditional Medicare wouldn’t guarantee stability, either: “Medicare itself would change,” too, [El-Sayed] conceded in his book.
Alternatively, I suppose, Republicans could let the Democratic candidates make their case that Medicare for All will deliver voters high-quality health care, increase coverage, and save them money with no pushback.