From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Tim Desher, and this is Heritage Explains.

I have a plan that shows how we can have Medicare for All without raising taxes one cent on middle-class families.

I spent a big chunk of my life studying why families go broke.

And one of the number one reasons is the cost of healthcare, medical bills.

And that's not just for people who don't have insurance.

Medicare for all solves that problem.

That's Senator Elizabeth Warren.

To solve our health care problems, she believes we should eliminate all private insurance

and let the federal government control

all aspects of health care.

Some call it Medicare for all.

Others call it single payer, and others call it universal health care.

We'd call it a disaster.

Leaders on the left always say they talk with people around the country about how they want government to run health care.

I wish she'd talk to me.

If she did, she'd learn the following.

I am an insulin dependent type 1 diabetic.

I wear a medical device and give myself injections before every meal when I get up in the morning,

when I go to bed at night, and whenever my blood sugar is too high.

I also regularly prick my finger to test blood sugar.

As my dad said once, son, you're a human pincushion.

Without exaggeration, my entire life hinges on access to affordable health care.

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