[1]Ro Khanna

Today I
announced I will be voting “No” on the 2020 Democratic Platform.

While it captures progress within the party, I can and will not get in
line and vote for a platform that doesn’t provide the basic necessity of
health care for the people of this country. 

History teaches us that the Democratic Party has sometimes faced an issue
so great that it alone should be the yardstick for measuring the wisdom of
voting for or against the platform. This is one of those times. And
Medicare for All is that issue.

I understand that this is one of the most important elections of our times
and I will be emphatically supporting the Democratic ticket that will
defeat Donald Trump. But this platform should encompass everything we hope
to accomplish with these new leaders. If Medicare for All is not a part of
that platform, then I cannot sign on in support.

I believe that moving away from a profit-based health care system is the
moral issue of our time. That’s why we can’t back down. We can’t let it
go. We must continue to fight for Medicare for All.



[ [link removed] ]Will you give a donation right now so we can continue our fight for
Medicare for All in Congress? We have to show the Democratic Party that
issue is too important to leave out.

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I will be voting "No" on the platform because when we say that health care
is a human right, we must truly mean it — and fight for it. I believe if
we remain stuck on such concepts as "affordable" when talking about
solutions to health care accessibility, we are badly constrained inside a
limited debate. 

I will cast my one vote of "No" for every person who has had to ration
medication to afford food, or who has lost a loved one because a procedure
that a doctor said was needed was not covered in an insurance plan. 

I will cast a "No" vote because, in the words of our great Democratic
National Committee member from Iowa, Jodi Clemens, "Our friends are
dying"—and I want my party, the Democratic Party, to address this moral
problem with clarity of moral purpose.

I respect and appreciate the people who worked to put this platform
together. I know those who worked on it did so with a strong sense of
purpose, wanting to make this a better party — but I know we can do more.

[ [link removed] ]I’m asking you to make a donation right now so we can keep fighting
for Medicare for All in Congress and ensure that your health is never put
on the backburner.

- Ro


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