July 14, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed is out front preaching “Medicare for All” and health care “from cradle to grave” — but his wife’s private psychiatry practice tells a very different story. Sarah Jukaku, a Columbia- and Oxford-educated psychiatrist, opted out of Medicare after launching her Ann Arbor practice in 2024, forcing patients to pay out of pocket and, in many cases, putting care beyond reach. The tension is glaring: El-Sayed blasts a system where treatment depends on your paycheck, while his own household is tied to one that does exactly that.

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