I've already laid out how we can pay for Medicare for All without raising any middle-class taxes -- and while putting $11 trillion in the pockets of American families.

But every serious proposal for Medicare for All contemplates a significant transition period. And that's why, today, I'm announcing my plan to expand public health care coverage, reduce costs, and improve the quality of care for every family in America.

My plan will be completed in my first term. It includes dramatic actions to lower drug prices, a Medicare for All option available to everyone that is more generous than any plan proposed by any other presidential candidate, critical health system reforms to save money and save lives, and a full transition to Medicare for All.

We know every step in the coming fight to improve American health care -- like every other fight to improve American health care -- will be opposed by those powerful industries who profit from our broken system.

But I'll fight my heart out at each step of this process, for one simple reason: I spent a lifetime learning about families going broke, including from the high cost of health care. When I'm president of the United States, I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure that never happens to another person again.

I'm not afraid to fight, and I know how to win. It starts with our grassroots movement. Add your name if you support our plan to get to Medicare for All. I'll always be deeply grateful to fight by your side.
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In my first 100 days, I'll...

→ Pursue comprehensive anti-corruption reforms to rein in health insurers and drug companies: If the next president has any intention of winning any health care fight, they must start by reforming Washington. By closing the revolving door, taxing excessive lobbying, ending lobbyist bribery, and more, we will keep powerful special interests from blocking Medicare for All.

→ Use the tools of the presidency to immediately start improving health coverage and lowering costs: I'll reverse Donald Trump's sabotage of the Affordable Care Act, protect people with pre-existing conditions, take on the big pharmaceutical companies to lower costs of key drugs for millions of Americans, and improve the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Medicaid.

→ Fight for a true Medicare for All option that's immediately free for tens of millions: I'll use the same process Mitch McConnell used to try to kill the Affordable Care Act and bypass the filibuster. We will give every American over the age of 50 the choice to enter an improved Medicare program. And we will give every person in America the choice to get coverage through a true Medicare for All option. Coverage under the new Medicare for All option will be immediately free for children under the age of 18 and for families making at or below 200% of the federal poverty level (about $51,000 for a family of four).

Look: There are many proposals out there that claim to be a "public option" -- but most of them create the illusion of choice, when in reality they offer tens of millions of Americans the decision between unaffordable private insurance and unaffordable public insurance. A choice between two bad options isn't a choice at all.

My approach is different. I have identified trillions in revenue to finance a fully functioning Medicare for All system -- without raising taxes on the middle class by one penny -- I can also fund a true Medicare for All option.

By the end of my first 100 days, we will have opened the door for tens of millions of Americans to get high-quality Medicare for All coverage at little or no cost. But I won't stop there. Throughout my first term, I'll also fight for additional health system reforms to save money and save lives -- including a boost of $100 billion in guaranteed, mandatory spending for new NIH research.

Then, by my third year in office, I'll fight to pass legislation that would complete the transition to full Medicare for All by the end of my first term. By then, the American people will know what it's like to have the full benefits of a true Medicare for All option, and they'll know how it stacks up against high-priced care that requires them to fight tooth and nail against their insurance company. By integrating every American into the new program, the American people would save trillions of dollars on health costs. The choice will be clear.

And at each step of my plan, millions more Americans will pay lower costs for care. Millions more Americans will see the quality of their current health coverage improve. And millions more Americans will have the choice to ditch their private insurance and enter a high-quality public plan.

But we won't get it done unless we fight side by side. Health insurance and drug companies are profiting off of people's pain right now, and they don't want big, structural change -- but the American people need it.

Add your name to demand Medicare for All, and be in this fight all the way.
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Thanks for being a part of this,

Elizabeth


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