Andrew Yang has stated in the past that he is for expanded medicare coverage for all by offering a robust public option, as he explains here and here. Medicare For All remains one of the three pillar policies on Yang's website.

However, when Yang's long-promised detailed healthcare plan was recently released, titled A New Way Forward for Healthcare in America, none of the six prongs in the approach are about expanding coverage to the uninsured, and a public option is not mentioned at all.

If you have followed Yang closely, it would make sense to consider a public option as a given, and that the new plan itself is about how to make that option more efficient. However, the absence of such contextualization has led news outlets to claim that Yang does not support a public option. Examples can be found here and here; this has also become the most common attack from detractors on the left online and caused many progressives within Yang's base to jump ship.

Ultimately, this seems like a communications problem that could be easily resolved. Yang has listened to vocal feedback from supporters before, updating the Freedom Dividend policy to stack with Social Security. Healthcare is the top issue to Democratic voters. We hope the campaign will listen to feedback again to help the enthusiasm and Yang Gang keep growing.

As Yang supporters, donors, and activists, or as voters considering Yang, we request the new policy page document explicitly that Yang supports a Public Option or clarifies how else he intends to ensure universal coverage.

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