Editing Ed Markey (section)

=== Health care ===
Markey supports the creation of a [[Single-payer healthcare|single-payer]] federal healthcare program.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Health Care|url=https://www.edmarkey.com/priorities/healthcare/|access-date=2020-07-13|website=edmarkey.com|language=en}}</ref> In September 2017, he was one of 16 senators to cosponsor the 2017 Medicare for All Act introduced by [[Bernie Sanders]], which proposes establishing a federal health insurance program by expanding [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] coverage to all United States residents.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sanders|first=Bernard|date=2017-09-13|title=S.1804 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Medicare for All Act of 2017|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1804|access-date=2020-07-13|website=www.congress.gov}}</ref>

In June 2019, Markey was one of eight senators to cosponsor the Territories Health Equity Act of 2019, legislation that would remove the cap on annual federal Medicaid funding and increase the federal matching rate for Medicaid expenditures of territories along with providing more funds for prescription drug coverage to low-income seniors in an attempt to equalize funding for American territories [[Puerto Rico]], the [[Virgin Islands]], [[Guam]], [[American Samoa]], and the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] with that of U.S. states.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/448059-2020-dem-senators-introduce-bill-to-expand-health-care-in-territories/|first=Tal|last=Axelrod|title=Democratic White House hopefuls push to expand health care in US territories|date=June 11, 2019|work=The Hill|access-date=September 21, 2020}}</ref>