El-Sayed Faces Medicare-for-All Scrutiny Over Wife's $686,000 Out-of-Network Psychiatry Practice
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 5
El-Sayed Faces Medicare-for-All Scrutiny Over Wife's $686,000 Out-of-Network Psychiatry Practice
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 5
Summary
Abdul El-Sayed’s newly released 2025 tax return showed $686,069 in household income as scrutiny intensified over his wife Sarah Jukaku’s psychiatry practice operating outside all insurance networks.
Jukaku’s website said she was out of network with every insurer and generally required direct payment, while an earlier FAQ answered "do you accept my insurance?" with "no."
The contrast cuts against El-Sayed’s Senate campaign for Medicare-for-all, in which he has argued healthcare should not depend on employment and has called for cradle-to-grave government-backed coverage.
July media attention also revived questions about El-Sayed calling himself a physician despite never holding a state medical license; his campaign says his medical and public health degrees entitle him to be called doctor.
The episode lands just after El-Sayed won Michigan’s Democratic Senate nomination, adding a personal-practice contradiction to broader debates over access to mental-health care, where 40% of psychiatrists did not participate in Medicare in 2022.