Article snippet: As the healthcare industry continues to ramp up its opposition to Medicare for All, Humana CEO Bruce Broussard refused to oppose to the Democrats’ single-payer, government-run healthcare proposal. Broussard told a representative of the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) that he considered a “relative description” and would not comment on any Medicare for All proposals proposed by progressives and most 2020 Democrat presidential candidates. David Almasi, the National Center vice president who represented FEP at Humana’s annual shareholder meeting, said that Humana remains an outlier to the healthcare industry, most of which oppose the legislation. Almasi said: Humana helps roughly 23 million Americans through its medical and specialty services. At Barclay’s Healthcare conference in March, Broussard called Medicare for All amounted to a “great opportunity for the industry to be able to expand the population that it’s coordinating with.” In 2017, Broussard told the National Center that he had no plans to get involved in the legislative efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare despite rising premiums and deductibles, as well as limited health insurance options. 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) Medicare for All legislation, which most Democrat candidates have endorsed, would reduce private insurers to cosmetic procedures under his plan. Broussard’s refusal to oppose Medicare for All arises as United Health... Link to the full article to read more