Calls for Medicare for All
The gist
Sen. Bernie Sanders urged Democrats to pass Medicare for All once they take the Senate in January.
The push tests whether a 66%-backed idea can survive cost and industry fights.
How it unfolded
- Sep 2026A KFF Health Tracking Poll finds 66% of the public favor a national health plan sometimes called Medicare-for-all, including 84% of Democrats, 72% of independents and 34% of Republicans (up from 21% in 2020).
- Nov 3, 2026Democrats win both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections; Rep. Ro Khanna posts on X calling for "America's next New Deal."
- Nov 4, 2026Khanna's post lists Medicare for All, a "$25 living wage," an end to the Iran War, "Zero aid Israel" and taxes on billionaires, concluding "Make Trump Hoover if he vetoes it."
Key terms
- Medicare for All
- A proposed U.S. bill to create a single-payer national health care system covering everyone.
- midterm sweep
- US general elections held near the midpoint of a president's four-year term, when all House seats and about a third of Senate seats are contested.
- New Deal
- A series of US economic and social reforms under Franklin D. Roosevelt responding to the Great Depression.
Source: Wikipedia