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Cory Booker speaks at a 2017 news conference in supporter of Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All bill.Andrew Harnik/AP
The lead author of the House of Representatives' Medicare for All bill has been reaching out to Democratic presidential campaigns in an effort to remedy what she views as misrepresentations of the legislation by some of the candidates. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) tells Mother Jones that while she's thrilled to see so many serious White House hopefuls talking about the idea, she's worried that, too often, they've failed to accurately explain what it would mean for voters. So she's asked to brief the candidates and their staffs on the details.
“We want to make sure we bring the best information that's out there to the presidential candidates, so they know how to talk about this,” says Jayapal, an influential liberal who co-chairs the 95-member Congressional Progressive Caucus. “They should be accurate about it.”
