No Public Option — We Want Medicare for All

Bernie Sanders sealed Medicare for All's place in the popular imagination with his 2016 presidential run. Ever since, its popularity has continued to grow: multiple recent polls show that 70 percent of Americans support the single-payer policy, which would cover all American residents through a comprehensive, national insurance plan.

This is bad news for establishment Democrats, who have a vested interest in maintaining the market-based system we have today. In an attempt to counter Medicare for All, they've rallied around a less radical approach that will preserve the private insurance industry and keep their donors happy — the “public option.”