Sanders Offers Medicare-for-All Plan Backed by 16 Senate Democrats
- Lawmakers’ support signals shift within party for single payer
- Measure is opposed by Republicans who control Congress
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Sixteen Senate Democrats are flirting with a single-payer health-care system, marking a shift within the party on what was once viewed as a politically treacherous issue that attracted little support from lawmakers.