McConnell Urges Hospital Groups To Lobby Against Medicare For All

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) bashed Medicare for All and other universal health care proposals Tuesday (April 9) at the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) annual meeting and urged hospital groups to lobby against the progressive Democrats’ proposals. The hospital lobby already opposes Medicare for All and says bolstering the exchanges and getting more states to expand Medicaid is a better path toward universal coverage. McConnell told the group that his health care plan is “keeping what works and fixing...