The ACA is loosely based on the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation’s 1990s-era alternative to ‘Hillarycare.’
Medicare for All, definitionally, offers single-payer access. The Heritage Foundation was trying to prevent exactly that.
Also, I can tell you’ve never spoken to Congresswoman Jayapal, because she doesn’t make vague or noncommittal statements (source: I’m a constituent and have been to several of her constituent coffee events.)