Thread by @VaughnHillyard

New from @KamalaHarris --> Harris proposes own Medicare-for-All plan, creating public option over 10 years, while still allowing private insurers to offer competing "Medicare plans" as long as the commercial plans meet the care standards of the gov't plan. nbcnews.com/card/harris-pr…

@KamalaHarris Harris’ plan would provide “all medically necessary services, including emergency room visits, doctor visits, vision, dental, hearing aids, mental health and substance use disorder treatment, and comprehensive reproductive health care services.”

@KamalaHarris Harris’ plan would immediately enroll newborns & uninsured Americans onto the govt-run option while transitioning the rest of the population onto a Medicare plan — one either run by the government or a private insurer — within ten years of the passage of her proposed legislation.

@KamalaHarris Harris’ plan would allow private insurers to offer “Medicare plans” that “adhere to strict Medicare requirements on costs & benefits.” Plus allow them to sell “supplemental insurance” to cover care, like cosmetic surgery, that her proposed Medicare plans would not cover.

@KamalaHarris Harris compares proposed Medicare program to present-day Medicare in which 1/3 of beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans, which are run by private insurers but meet the baseline services and costs requirements established by the government-run Medicare plan.

@KamalaHarris But the pkg of services guaranteed to Americans under Harris’ plan, however, is more expansive than the current offerings under Medicare, today, which provides incentives for many seeking additional incentives through a private insurer's offering as part of Medicare Advantage.

@KamalaHarris So it's not quite clear what private insurance companies would be able to offer in incentives to be able to compete with the gov't option that Harris proposes be established.

@KamalaHarris Also a distinction Harris notes from @BernieSanders' legislation, which Harris has co-sponsored in the U.S. Senate: Harris said her plan would establish a 10-year phase-in period compared to Sanders' 4-yr timetable.

@KamalaHarris @BernieSanders Harris says she would not increase taxes on households that make less than $100,000 a year. Sanders, alternatively, has suggested a “4-percent income-based premium” on families of four making more than $29,000 a year would be included in his legislation.

@KamalaHarris @BernieSanders Sanders campaign adviser Jeff Weaver told @HallieJackson earlier this month that Harris's plan to pay for Medicare for All without increasing taxes on the middle class is not feasible "without unicorns and magic wands," adding: "You have to pay for it."

@KamalaHarris @BernieSanders @HallieJackson Harris says additional revenue would come from->“I would tax Wall Street stock trades at 0.2%, bond trades at 0.1%, and derivative transactions at 0.002%... I would also end foreign tax shelters by taxing offshore corporate income at the same rate as domestic corporate income.”

@KamalaHarris @BernieSanders @HallieJackson Per cmpgn, @SecSebelius, fmr HHS Sec during passage of ACA, worked w/ cmpgn staff as plan developed: “This plan builds on the progress we made in the Affordable Care Act & expands upon its promise of universal coverage through a sensible expansion of the popular Medicare system”

@KamalaHarris @BernieSanders @HallieJackson @SecSebelius Here is the full @KamalaHarris Medicare for All proposal on @Medium --> medium.com/@KamalaHarris/…

@KamalaHarris @BernieSanders @HallieJackson @SecSebelius @Medium While @BernieSanders advisers (@fshakir, @joshorton) responded today, @shaqbrewster asked Sanders this Q on 6.26.19. Sanders--> "If you want to provide HC to all people in a reasonably cost effective way, you cannot have an insurance industry dominating health care in America."

@KamalaHarris @BernieSanders @HallieJackson @SecSebelius @Medium @fshakir @joshorton @shaqbrewster New Biden cmpgn statement from @KBeds on Harris plan: "...plan that both backtracks on her long-promised – but then-hedged – support of Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All legislation while at the same time committing to still unraveling the hard-won [ACA]..."
(via @MariannaNBCNews)

@KamalaHarris @BernieSanders @HallieJackson @SecSebelius @Medium @fshakir @joshorton @shaqbrewster @KBeds @MariannaNBCNews .@KamalaHarris a few minutes ago in Detroit to reporters on going from cosponsor of @BernieSanders Medicare for All bill to her new plan today: "I just realize what was being offered was not enough...I can't be more direct and just candid with you. I've been listening to people."

@KamalaHarris @BernieSanders @HallieJackson @SecSebelius @Medium @fshakir @joshorton @shaqbrewster @KBeds @MariannaNBCNews ***We'll post a full verbate of Harris responding to this question -- she laid out several specific issues that led her to today's plan.

@KamalaHarris @BernieSanders @HallieJackson @SecSebelius @Medium @fshakir @joshorton @shaqbrewster @KBeds @MariannaNBCNews Heart of criticism from Sanders & his cmpgn (@faiz, @joshorton): Private insurers in it to make $$/would exploit system; Privates have shown difficult to regulate thru Medicare Advantage; 10-yr implementation would quite likely run itself into a GOP WH.

@KamalaHarris @BernieSanders @HallieJackson @SecSebelius @Medium @fshakir @joshorton @shaqbrewster @KBeds @MariannaNBCNews @faiz Talked to former Obama Admin CMS Administrator @donberwick about what private insurers could offer in Harris plan: "I don’t know if the commercial insurers will be able to come up with attractive options that it is actually worth it to [for folks] stay on the private side....

@KamalaHarris @BernieSanders @HallieJackson @SecSebelius @Medium @fshakir @joshorton @shaqbrewster @KBeds @MariannaNBCNews @faiz @donberwick ...Most people on Medicare are extremely satisfied." @donberwick suggested private insurers could offer easier services, potentially, but doesn't "think there’s evidence that Medicare service is worse than commercial service…"

New @BernieSanders campaign statement on @KamalaHarris new healthcare plan — from Sanders’ campaign manager @fshakir (via @GaryGrumbach): “Call it anything you want, but you can’t call this plan Medicare for All.”

@BernieSanders @KamalaHarris @fshakir @GaryGrumbach New @MichaelBennet as aired on @msnbc, adding himself as another critic (w/ Sanders & Biden) to new Kamala Harris healthcare plan, outside the Fox Theater in Detroit:

@BernieSanders @KamalaHarris @fshakir @GaryGrumbach @MichaelBennet @MSNBC Here was the full verbate of @KamalaHarris explaining her new Medicare for All healthcare proposal on Monday in Detroit (h/t @deepa_shivaram @staceykhizder):