Jeffries Says He Opposes Medicare for All — Which Would Save 114k Lives Yearly
Jeffries Says He Opposes Medicare for All — Which Would Save 114k Lives Yearly
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Hakeem Jeffries Says He Doesn’t Back Medicare for All After Study Finds It Would Save 114k Lives a Year
This is a reversal of his prior stance on the legislation, which he once cosponsored.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) has said that he now opposes Medicare for All, flipping on his previous stance just as Democrats are on the cusp of potentially winning back control of the House. Medicare for All is “not legislation that I am currently cosponsoring or that I support,” Jeffries said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. Jeffries declined to say…