This is the position of the presidential candidates of 2020 in health

He explained that "Medicare for All is great, but if we can not get it, but if we can extend Medicare until age 55 … that will create such an effect on the whole system and will improve it. "

Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, who is considering a presidential race, recently called for bringing the age of Medicare back to age 50 and allowing Americans to voluntarily subscribe to the program.

Medicare for all "will take time," Brown told CNN on Sunday, and "I want to help people now."

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, considered a moderate among the growing list of Democratic candidates, took a similar position in a recent city hall.

Single-payer health care "may be a possibility in the future," but "I am looking at something that will work now," said Klobuchar.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, has also set up an exploratory committee for 2020 and proposes another way to reform health care: a Medicare for All-type proposal that keeps private providers health insurance in the equation.

In a recent interview with CNBC, Buttigieg said, "The simplest way to look at this question is this: If Medicare now includes a Medicare supplement, why would Medicare for All not include a supplement for Medicare for All? anyone who wants it? "

One of the most detailed proposals to date is that of the first Democrat to have tackled the 2020 race: the former Delaware representative, John Delaney.

In an interview with John Harwood of CNBC, Delaney said he wanted to keep the age of eligibility for Medicare, but remove the tax deduction granted by the employer to health care and create a new government program for Americans under 65. health care by buying additional coverage, he said.