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    Kamala Harris Releases 'Medicare For All' Plan With A Role For Private Insurers

    The plan clears up confusion over Harris' position, allowing private Medicare plans that follow certain standards. New taxes would be added on stock trades and households earning over $100,000.
    by Danielle Kurtzleben Jul 29, 2019 4 minutes
    Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., co-sponsored Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for All" bill, along with several other 2020 candidates, when it was released in 2017. Her plan has some key differences from Sanders', including a larger role for private insurance and a higher threshold for taxing household income.

    California Sen. Kamala Harris has released a health care plan just in time for the second Democratic debate, offering a role for private insurance in a "Medicare for All" system and outlining new taxes to pay for it.

    The plan comes after months of questions about whether she supports scrapping private insurance — and as former Vice President Joe Biden appears to be gearing up to attack her at the upcoming debate on her support for Medicare for All.

    To review, Bernie Sanders' single-payer health plan is called "Medicare for All," and Kamala Harris is a on that

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