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A Medicare-for-All Gift Is Staring the GOP in the Face

The Washington Post

August 17, 2026

When Abdul El-Sayed became Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee last week, his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, immediately attacked his “ideological fanaticism” on crime, terrorism and taxes. Unmentioned: El-Sayed’s support for Medicare-for-all, a system in which the federal government would become nearly the only provider of health insurance.

Based on the frequency with which El-Sayed brings up health care, he clearly thinks the issue is an asset for him in the race. Perhaps Rogers agrees with that assessment. If so, he will miss an opportunity to devalue it or even convert it into a liability.

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