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Medicare for All Saves Money. Elizabeth Warren's Plan Ensures That Working Families Get The Savings.

The following is a statement from Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works, on Senator Eliz

WASHINGTON

The following is a statement from Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works, on Senator Elizabeth Warren's newly released Medicare for All plan:

"Medicare For All doesn't cost money. It saves money by eliminating the for-profit waste in the insurance system and ending the rip off of paying the highest drug prices in the world. That's why "how will you pay for it?" has always been a completely false premise. The real question about Medicare for All is who gets the savings.

Warren's plan shows that she has the right answer. She divvies up the savings so that working families and seniors receive maximum benefit. Her plan expands Medicare to include long-term care, vision, dental, and hearing, while also ending all out-of-pocket health care expenses. In short, better benefits at a lower cost."

Social Security Works' mission is to: Protect and improve the economic security of disadvantaged and at-risk populations; Safeguard the economic security of those dependent, now or in the future, on Social Security; and Maintain Social Security as a vehicle of social justice.