{"id":44724,"date":"2025-10-24T13:06:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T20:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=44724"},"modified":"2025-10-24T13:06:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T20:06:52","slug":"cnbc-host-doesnt-know-how-to-fix-runaway-healthcare-costs-ro-khanna-says-medicare-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/cnbc-host-doesnt-know-how-to-fix-runaway-healthcare-costs-ro-khanna-says-medicare-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"CNBC Host Doesn\u2019t Know How to Fix Runaway Healthcare Costs. Ro Khanna Says: Medicare for All"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Congressman Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) speaks during a news conference in Washington, DC on September 3, 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo: Bill Clark\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As health insurance companies rake in billions in profits, the California Democrat argues that a single-payer system would help US businesses and cut costs.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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With the second-longest federal government shutdown dragging on and Americans concerned about soaring health insurance premiums and coverage losses, Congressman Ro Khanna<\/a> on Thursday again made the case for Medicare for All<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On CNBC<\/em>\u2018s \u201cSquawk Box,\u201d co-host Joe Kernen made clear he doesn\u2019t support Medicare<\/a> for All but expressed concern about rising premiums. He also admitted, \u201cI don\u2019t know what the answer is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Khanna (D-Calif.), meanwhile, reiterated his support for a single-payer<\/a> system, in part by highlighting how private health insurance companies are raking in<\/a> billions of dollars in profits each year, at the expense of patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the\u00a0United States<\/a>\u00a0extended eligibility for Medicare, which is now only available to Americans ages 65 and older, \u201cit would help private business,\u201d the congressman argued. \u201cIt would lower\u00a0healthcare<\/a>\u00a0costs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I went on @SquawkCNBC<\/a> to make the case that M4A lowers costs and is good for economic growth. Hoping to get @mtgreenee<\/a> and even maybe @JoeSquawk<\/a>. We need to make the economic case for savings for American families & businesses. pic.twitter.com\/bl9Y268rva<\/a><\/p>— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) October 23, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>