{"id":113817,"date":"2021-01-28T17:40:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T22:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=113817"},"modified":"2021-01-31T10:57:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T15:57:57","slug":"wisconsin-dem-senate-candidate-announces-support-for-medicare-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-dem-senate-candidate-announces-support-for-medicare-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Dem Senate Candidate Announces Support for Medicare for All"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-dem-senate-candidate-announces-support-for-medicare-for-all%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=113817&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/maxresdefault-3-768x432-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Democratic Senate candidate Thomas Nelson came out in support of Medicare for All, a single-payer health care system that would largely eliminate private insurance plans.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson, a failed congressional candidate who serves as the Outagamie County executive, announced his support for the progressive policy proposal in a Thursday afternoon <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NelsonforWI\/status\/1354873377798975491\">tweet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Democrats<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0 \">\n<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/senate-judiciary-chairman-says-gun-control-is-top-priority\/\"><strong>Senate Judiciary Chairman Says Gun Control Is &#8216;Top Priority&#8217;<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/wisconsin-dem-senate-candidate-announces-support-for-medicare-for-all\/\"><strong>Wisconsin Dem Senate Candidate Announces Support for Medicare for All<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/dem-dark-money-group-broke-law-with-failure-to-report-spending-watchdog-says\/\"><strong>Dem Dark Money Group Broke Law With Failure to Report Spending, Watchdog Says<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just wrong that over 33 million Americans lack insurance, especially during this pandemic,&#8221; Nelson wrote. &#8220;That&#8217;s why I support #MedicareForAll.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nelson&#8217;s support for the policy will likely boost his standing among progressives in a race that is considered vital to determining the 2022 Senate majority. But the position could also alienate moderate suburban voters, both in the Democratic primary and beyond. Multiple far-left presidential hopefuls, including Sens. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), unsuccessfully centered their campaigns on Medicare for All.\u00a0President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/biden-warren-will-raise-peoples-taxes-to-pay-for-medicare-for-all\/\">attacked<\/a> the policy throughout his primary run, arguing that Medicare for All would &#8220;cost a lot of money&#8221; and &#8220;raise people&#8217;s taxes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A version of the policy introduced by Sanders is <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/sanders-medicare-for-all-will-cost-40-trillion-over-10-years\/\">estimated<\/a> to cost as much as $40 trillion.\u00a0The Vermont socialist&#8217;s bill would make it illegal for private insurance companies to sell coverage that &#8220;duplicates the benefits provided&#8221; through the legislation. Some Medicare for All supporters, however, have backed away from the call to eliminate private insurance. Vice President Kamala Harris, who cosponsored Sanders&#8217;s bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/harris-on-private-health-insurance-lets-eliminate-all-of-that\/\">endorsed<\/a> the elimination of private health plans in January 2019 before <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/harris-clarifies-against-eliminating-private-insurance\/\">backtracking<\/a> six months later.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson did not respond to a request for comment on whether he supports eliminating private insurance. The Wisconsin Democrat launched his campaign in October, nearly four years after he lost to Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher by 25 points in the state&#8217;s Eighth Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p>Walker is the only Democrat to declare his formal candidacy thus far. Reps. Ron Kind and Mark Pocan, Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes, and Attorney General Josh Kaul are all reportedly weighing bids. Incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson has yet to announce whether he will seek reelection.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/wisconsin-dem-senate-candidate-announces-support-for-medicare-for-all\/\">Wisconsin Dem Senate Candidate Announces Support for Medicare for All<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin Democratic Senate candidate Thomas Nelson came out in support of Medicare for All, a single-payer health care system that would largely eliminate private insurance plans. Nelson, a failed congressional &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892255,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4156,4076,4159,3740,3723,4124],"class_list":["post-113817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-announces","tag-candidate","tag-medicare","tag-senate","tag-support","tag-wisconsin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}