Candidate says Medicare for All would reduce choice and raise costs

The Candidate rejected his opponent's portrayal of Medicare for All and questioned the opponent's professional claims. "He's not a physician," the Candidate said, arguing the opponent "tells people he's a physician" when, in the Candidate's words, he is not.

The Candidate argued that converting to a Medicare-for-All-style system would shift decades of payroll contributions and, he said, lead to "less choice of their doctor" and more rationing of care. He pointed to what he described as roughly "2,500,000 people here in Michigan" who would be affected and warned of longer waits for serious diagnoses under the alternative system. "Having your FICA tax go up as much as 5 times is not a solution for health care," he said, asserting his campaign has a different plan to lower costs, expand access and "put your doctors back in charge."