DEMS/MEDICARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump declared Wednesday [10-10-18] that ‘the centrist Democratic Party is dead,’ writing in a USA Today op-ed that the party seeking to overtake Republicans and claim majorities in both houses of Congress will use its Medicare for all push to begin instituting a broader socialist agenda. The bulk of the president’s op-ed was directed specifically at attacking ‘Medicare for all,’ a single-payer government healthcare proposal endorsed by many, but not all, Democrats. Such legislation in the House of Representatives has more than 100 Democratic co-sponsors, while a Senate bill lists 16 Democrats as co-sponsors. Trump tied the health care proposal to another favorite subject of his, immigration, suggesting Democrats would seek to lure undocumented immigrants into the U.S. with the promise of free healthcare.”
–Mathew Choi, “Trump: Democrats seeking Venezuela-style socialism with Medicare for all,” Politico, October 10, 2018 7:27 am