El-Sayed Pitches Trump-Branded Medicare for All

El-Sayed has spent the past week urging Trump to support Medicare for All, offering to put the president’s name on the program. In an interview with Zeteo editor-in-chief Mehdi Hasan on Friday, he proposed calling it “Trumpcare for All,” saying Trump “seems to like to put his name on things.”

“Donald, if you’re watching, we’ll put your name on it,” El-Sayed said. He argued Trump could become the president who guaranteed healthcare for every American and fulfilled what he called “the unmet promise of America.”

In a Thursday interview with NPR, El-Sayed said the U.S. Senate should pass the legislation even if Trump later vetoed it. “I dare Donald Trump to veto,” he said, arguing that a veto would let Democrats make the case that they had tried to deliver healthcare.

Zeteo senior correspondent Asawin Suebsaeng was skeptical that Trump would sign a universal healthcare bill, regardless of its name. In a Thursday social media post, he said El-Sayed’s effort was a way to keep advocating for Medicare for All without a Democratic president, and preferable to saying the policy was unlikely to happen soon but remained a long-term hope.