McGrath Supports Harris’s Single-Payer Health Care Scheme
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Team Mitch today released a new ad highlighting how Extreme Amy McGrath, just like Kamala Harris, fully supports a government-run, single-payer healthcare system. Using McGrath’s own words, “Healthcare” reveals how her support for radical healthcare policies is right in line with Washington Democrats, proving she would work with them to completely upend healthcare for Kentuckians.
“Amy McGrath is once again indistinguishable from radical, Washington liberals who are hellbent on forcing our country to follow socialist healthcare policies,” said McConnell Senate Committee campaign manager Kevin Golden. “McGrath’s preference for government-run, single-payer healthcare is a guise to raise taxes on hardworking Kentuckians while also making it harder for people to access quality, affordable care. Senator McConnell is working to protect people with pre-existing conditions, but Amy McGrath and Kamala Harris would rip away the healthcare thousands of Kentuckians rely on every day.”
Click here to watch “Healthcare.”
SCRIPT:
ANNOUNCER: On health care, Extreme Amy McGrath sounds extremely familiar.
KAMALA HARRIS: Um, as we talk about moving toward a single-payer system, I think that there is certainly momentum.
AMY MCGRATH: My opinion, single-payer is the way to go.
ANNOUNCER: Like Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi, Amy McGrath supports government-run healthcare, so thousands of Kentuckians would lose healthcare coverage from their employers.
AMY MCGRATH: My opinion, single-payer is the way to go.
ANNOUNCER: Extreme Amy McGrath.
MITCH MCCONNELL: I’m Mitch McConnell, and I approve this message.
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BACKGROUND:
Amy McGrath believes that single-payer healthcare is “the way to go.”
- “If we were to build a health care system from scratch, single-payer would be the way to go.” (Facebook, 11/6/2017)
- “I like single-payer […] If we have the structure that we have right now. If we were to start over and have to start over from scratch, say this was 10 years ago — I think we now know that single-payer would be the way to go.” (NPR, 8/3/2017)
- “You know, for single payer, I believe if we were to start a health care system from scratch, that would be the way to go.” (Hey Kentucky!, 9/20/2017)
Amy McGrath endorsed Kamala Harris — the most liberal Senator — for vice president. (Amy McGrath Twitter, 8/11/2020; GovTrack 2019 Report Card)