Bernie Sanders Todays news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): Health Care: Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday said Vermont could lead the nation toward a Medicare-for-all, single-payer health care system that provides better care for more people at less cost. The state in 2017 plans to implement a new universal health care system like every other major nation already has and like the one Barack Obama promised for the country when he campaigned for the White House in 2008, MSNBC reported. Sanders said health insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry oppose the move because they would lose their lucrative advantages under the current setup that wastes money on bureaucracy and paperwork. Save Social Security: Sen. Sanders’ coalition to protect Social Security and Medicare has gathered nearly 500,000 petition signatures in a matter of days. “To put into context how successful this petition drive has been, it took months and a national television advertising campaign for Ted Cruz’s defund Obamacare petition to get to 2 million signatures,” Jason Easley wrote for Politicususa. Save Social Security: Polls show that Democrats, Republicans and independents overwhelmingly do not want to cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid, but people like the Koch brothers believe in a very different kind of America. They want Congress to end or drastically reduce government involvement in retirement programs (Social Security) and health care (Medicare and Medicaid) while also giving more tax breaks to the rich and large corporations, Sen. Sanders wrote in a column published Sunday by the Burlington Free Press. Save Social Security: Sen. Sanders of Vermont is leading the opposition to cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Sanders is working with many groups to try and find a way to balance the budget without taking away from working families and the poor. At a time when the number of people living in poverty in our country is at an all-time high, we must not cut programs which provide basic security to tens of millions of our people who are struggling economically,” Sanders said in a Sunday morning report on WPTZ-TV. Continue reading here: sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/110313
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 16:00:30 +0000
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