Rahm Emanuel in Jacobin Magazine


On Health Care: Wrote op-ed "Medicare-for-All is a Pipe Dream"

Emanuel began attacking Medicare for All in the media. In a September 2019 appearance on ABC's This Week, Emanuel called the policy "untenable." The following month, he authored a Washington Post op-ed headlined, "Medicare-for-All is a Pipe Dream." Within months of publishing the op-ed, Emanuel was rewarded with a board seat by GoHealth--a company he had promoted as mayor, and whose business is built on profits reaped by getting private health insurance corporations more customers.
Source: Jacobin Magazine on Ambassadorial Confirmation Hearings Aug 24, 2021

On Jobs: Raise minimum wage to $15/hour but allow states to opt out

Emanuel insisted that Democrats should package together an extension of tax credits included in the COVID relief bill and a $15 minimum wage plan that would allow states to opt out in favor of $12 if they want. "To begin," Emanuel wrote, "the package should set the new rate at $15 an hour, tying that figure to inflation moving forward, and giving states the right to opt out of $15 per hour in favor of a floor closer to $12."
Source: Andrew Perez and Julia Rock in Jacobin Magazine Apr 2, 2021

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