House Dems Launching Medicare for All Caucus

House Democrats on Thursday officially announced the launch of a Medicare for All Caucus in an effort to promote a single-payer healthcare bill, according to The Hill . About sixty members led by Democratic Reps. Pramila Jayapal (Wash.), Debbie Dingell (Mich.), and Keith Ellison (Minn.) will initially form the caucus, which is currently supported by some potential 2020 Democratic presidential contenders. Ellison is the lead sponsor of the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, which most of the House Democratic Caucus are backing. The measure so far has only an outline of how it would raise the trillions of dollars for setting up universal healthcare. A recent Kaiser Family Foundation survey found a majority of Americans support the concept of single-payer healthcare. "It's the increasing view of everyone that single-payer is inevitable," notes Ellison spokesperson Dan Riffle.