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Sanders asked the Democratic Party to lower the threshold for red and blue cards to 55 and expand dental, audio-visual and child protection as a first step in promoting universal health insurance. However, factors within the party and within Trump make the prospects for reform fraught with uncertainty.
been involved in the Senate for a long timedemocratic party Independent Vermont Senatorsanders (Bernie Sanders) said that the Democratic Party should use the opportunity to control the majority in Congress to promote health insurance reform in the new Congress, commonly known as “red and blue card Lowered the “Medicare” participation threshold from 65 to 55 as a first step toward “Medicare for All.”
Newsweek reported that Sanders said in a recent video conversation that Democratic leaders should lower the age limit for participation in red and blue cards to 55, include dental, vision and hearing care, and provide medical insurance for children between birth and 19 years old.
Sanders said Democrats should undo Trump’s massive budget cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to prevent 15 million people from losing health coverage, and restore ACA tax credits for 20 million people to prevent premiums from skyrocketing. These numbers are Sanders’ own, and he does not provide any sources of data in the film.
“Health care should be viewed as a human right, not a privilege,” Sanders said. He said Medicare for All “now has the support of 66 percent of Americans.”
In an exclusive interview with MS Now host Chris Hayes last week, Sanders said health care reform could pass the Senate through the budget reconciliation process by 51 votes.
On a question about whether President Trump would be willing to sign a bill to lower the age limits for participation in the red and blue card programs, Sanders said: “Not sure.”
Newsweek analyzes that Trump has the power to veto the bill, and the Democratic Party is still divided over whether to eliminate private health insurance and replace it with a single-payer, government-administered plan.
Senior Democrats have not supported making “Medicare for All” the Democratic Party’s health care initiative. Neither Chuck Schumer nor Hakeem Jeffries, who is expected to become majority leader of the Senate and House of Representatives in the new Congress, have sponsored or co-signed bills related to “Medicare for All.”
Alex Beane, a financial management lecturer at the University of Tennessee at Martin, said the idea of expanding the red and blue card program to people over 55 may gain more support because such an approach would help expand the scope of services step by step when the capacity of the current program is limited.
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He advocates lowering the age to participate in red and blue cards from 65 to 55, including dental, vision and hearing care, and providing medical insurance for children aged 0 to 19 as a starting point for universal health insurance.
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Sanders emphasized that health care should not be viewed as a privilege, but as a human right, and claimed that Medicare for All was supported by 66% of Americans; However, he did not provide sources or supporting information for these figures in the video.
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Although it can be advanced through the budget coordination process with 51 votes, Trump still has veto power. Furthermore, top Democrats have not yet listed universal health care as a formal party platform, and there are still differences of opinion within the party over a single insurance system.
