Biden, Sanders and now Harris have all gone through it; among the top-polling candidates, only Elizabeth Warren has yet to offer her own health care plan, instead largely avoiding the skirmish by simply saying “I’m with Bernie” on health care when asked of late.Ian Sams, a spokesman for Harris, dismissed Shakir's charges about increased costs under Harris’ plan as “so factually inaccurate I don’t even know where to begin.”But Shakir seized on Sebelius’ role on the board of a private insurer, Devoted Health, which sells Medicare Advantage plans.“Because you’ve got, in her mind, an introduction of even more insurance companies who can operate within the parameters of traditional Medicare,” Shakir said in an interview.
Harris had widely been considered a "high profile" candidate for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries since 2016..
Harris is proposing a 10-year phase-in period, as opposed to Sanders' plan, which called for a four-year transition.
"Sanders' plan also includes taxing off-shore profits and taxing capital gains. The 2020 presidential campaign of Kamala Harris, the junior United States Senator from California, officially began on January 21, 2019, with an announcement on Good Morning America. Senator Harris' plan is a smart way to get to Medicare for All where all individuals and employers can transition smoothly into a system that covers everyone. Sanders estimates that his plan could cost up to $40 trillion over a decade.But Sanders argues that while the middle class would be taxed, average families of four making $50,000 a year would save over $4,400 a year.In another departure from Sanders' plan, Harris would allow private insurance to offer Medicare plans. "To get all Americans covered by health insurance, where cost is not a barrier, we need innovative ideas like this. “And that of course introduces more corporate greed and more profiteering within Medicare, and that only leads to bad outcomes. Sibelius works for a company that stands to profit under her plan. It puts in place strict requirements for any private insurance company who wants to offer a Medicare plan, including on cost, quality access and services,” Sams said. His plan calls for taxing capital gains and dividends at the same levels as employment income. Sen. Kamala Harris waded into the fight over the future of American health care on Monday morning — and promptly got pummeled by Democratic presidential rivals to her left and her right. This just pointed to the fatal flaw in her proposal. Watch Queue Queue. "But there are key differences between Harris' plan and that of the Vermont senator: Harris has proposed to double the transition period from the current health care system to the single-payer system, to reduce Sanders' proposed tax on middle-class families to pay for the plan, and she would allow private insurance companies to offer Medicare options. Be in the know. “It also requires that any private plan come in under the cost of Medicare.”“Just like the public-option plan that he has sponsored in the Senate, which largely leaves intact the private insurance option, we would welcome his support for her plan,” Sams said."It would be one thing if she started the campaign having introduced the plan, but when you start by saying you’re for Bernie’s ‘Medicare for All’ and start to walk away, gradually back down from it, it leads to concerns about how much of a president of conviction you would be,” Shakir said. Though Harris said she wants her version to clear certain "benchmarks," she did not immediately identify what those benchmarks would be.Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Tulsi Gabbard: Sibelius works for Medicare Advantage, private insurance company who will stand to profit under her plan. She believes this would bring in more than $2 trillion over 10 years.The plan also calls for an audit of prescription drug costs. New York Times: Officials said Ms. Sebelius, 65, made the decision to resign and was not forced out. Her plan would automatically enroll newborns and uninsured individuals.