Abdul El-Sayed’s Medicare-for-all crusade collides with an awkward contradiction involving his wife

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Zeteo host Mehdi Hasan pressed Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed about calling himself a ‘physician’ despite lacking a state medical license, asking whether he ‘told the truth.’ Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed has campaigned on passing Medicare-for-all, but his wife’s private psychiatry practice appears to operate outside the insurance system entirely. El-Sayed, who secured the Democratic nomination for Senate on Wednesday, has argued that "healthcare shouldn't depend on who signs your paycheck" and demanded that taxpayers pay to "guarantee healthcare from cradle to grave" through Medicare-for-all. Despite this, his wife, Sarah Jukaku, states on her medical practice’s website that she is out of network with all insurance companies, generally requiring patients to pay the practice directly, though some may be eligible for out-