The former Housing and Urban Development secretary has vowed to support Medicare for All and act on climate change.
Medicare For All
It's the people who end up paying for Trump's "populist" stunts.
The next big fight for single-payer will be with Democrats who are pushing weaker policies.
Unions are reluctant to give up their strongest selling point: members' access to quality health care.
Schumer's refusal comes after a federal judge deemed the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
The ongoing court battles over the law are likely to proceed eventually to the Supreme Court.
The most significant sources of savings would come in the areas of drug costs and administration.
Pressure is growing on the Democratic leadership to embrace Medicare for All.
Private insurers and Big Pharma are not giving up their immensely profitable hold on the health care system.
Only a mass multiracial working class movement can stop Trump.