Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich.) on Thursday stepped up his pitch to get President Donald Trump on board with universal health care.
And he did it with two things that usually make the president weak in the knees: gold, and his own name. In this case, a golden “TrumpCare” card, which would be used in a Medicare-for-all system named in honor of the president.
“Donald, this is on the table,” El-Sayed wrote. “Guarantee healthcare for every American, from cradle to grave.”
He shared three images of the card, with the “TrumpCare” name and the president’s distinctive signature on it:
The details on the card describe a “Medicare for all” system good at every doctor, hospital and clinic in the country, guaranteeing care with “no premiums, no deductibles, and no copays.”
El-Sayed campaigned on Medicare for all, and has in recent days talked up naming it for Trump if that’s what it would take to get the president’s support.
Trump loves gold so much he’s added it all over the White House, and even personally superglued some of the embellishments in place himself. And he’s especially fond of having his name on things: buildings, airports, park passes, money, and more. He’s even infamously tried to add it to the Kennedy Center, then threw a fit when a judge ordered it removed.
But El-Sayed said that’s not a dealbreaker when it comes to universal care.
“I don’t care what it’s called. I want people to have health care in this country,” he said on CNN earlier this week.
