Group floats ‘Medicare by Choice’ as a Democratic health care alternative

Editor’s note: This report has been updated to clarify those behind the policy proposal. A coalition of former congressional staffers and federal health leaders is putting forward a health care policy proposal around which it hopes Democrats will coalesce ahead of the 2028 campaign, a position it is calling “Medicare by Choice.” “Medicare for All,” the proposed single-payer national health care system that would replace private health insurance,…