"[W]e will allow private insurers to offer Medicare plans as a part of this system that adhere to strict Medicare requirements on costs and benefits. This would function similar to how private Medicare plans work today, which cover about a third of Medicare seniors, and operate within the Medicare system," Harris writes. "This preserves the options that seniors have today and expands options to all Americans, while also telling insurance companies they don't run the show."
"[S]izovumela abomshwalense abazimele ukuba bahlinzeke ngezinhlelo zeMedicare njengengxenye yale sistimu enamathela ngokuqinile ezimfunekweni zeMedicare ngezindleko nezinzuzo. Lokhu kuzosebenza ngendlela efanayo nendlela izinhlelo zeMedicare ezisebenza ngayo namuhla, ezihlanganisa cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu zabantu abadala beMedicare, futhi isebenze ngaphakathi kwesistimu yeMedicare," kubhala uHarris. "Lokhu kugcina lokho abantu abadala abangakhetha kukho futhi bandisele wonke amaMelika lokho angakhetha kukho, kuyilapho kutshela izinkampani zomshwalense ukuthi aziluqhubi lolu hlelo."