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‘WE MUST STOP TINKERING AROUND THE EDGES’: VAN HOLLEN MAKES CASE
FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL AMID ACA FIGHT  
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Jake Johnson
December 2, 2025
Common Dreams
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_ “Yes, let’s extend the ACA tax credits to prevent a huge spike
in healthcare costs for millions,” said Sen. Chris Van Hollen.
“Then, let’s finally create a system that puts your health over
corporate profits.” _

Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland), Allison Bailey for The New
York Times

 

Democratic US Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Monday became the latest
lawmaker to champion Medicare for All
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solution to the country’s healthcare
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of Americans face soaring private insurance premiums.

In a social media [[link removed]]
post, Van Hollen (D-Md.) said that “we must stop tinkering around
the edges of a broken healthcare system,” pointing to massive
administrative costs
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and poor health outcomes
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under the for-profit status quo.

“Yes, let’s extend the [Affordable Care Act
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prevent a huge spike in healthcare costs for millions,” said Van
Hollen. “Then, let’s finally create a system that puts your health
over corporate profits. We need Medicare
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Van Hollen’s remarks came as lawmakers continued to negotiate a
possible deal to extend enhanced ACA subsidies that are set to lapse
at the end of the year, an outcome that would further drive up
healthcare costs for millions.

_Politico_ reported
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late Monday that most senators “believe the chances for a bipartisan
breakthrough” before a planned vote next week “are roughly
zero.”

“Instead, the most likely outcome is that Senate Democrats put up a
bill that has little GOP [[link removed]]
support for a vote, if any, while Republicans
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of their own,” the outlet noted. “And even those partisan
proposals remained in flux as lawmakers returned to Washington
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recess.”

Neither side of the negotiations is offering much more than a Band-Aid
on a gaping wound. Democratic leaders want a clean extension of the
subsidies to avert catastrophic cost increases
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while President Donald Trump
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lawmakers are demanding new restrictions on the ACA that would make
the system worse
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A handful of progressive lawmakers have used the worsening US
healthcare crisis to make the case for a fundamental overhaul
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that would replace the for-profit model with a Medicare for All system
that guarantees coverage to everyone for free at the point of
service—and at a lower overall cost
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than the current system.

Van Hollen is the newest Senate cosponsor of the Medicare for All Act,
formally backing
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the legislation led by Sen. Bernie Sanders
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(I-Vt.) just last month.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal
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sponsor of the Medicare for All Act in the House, expressed
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agreement with Van Hollen’s Monday post.

“Thank you, Chris Van Hollen!” Jayapal wrote.

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