A video from 1987 shows Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) has not always considered single-payer health care a slam dunk for progressive reformers.
Sanders said Medicaid for every American “would bankrupt the nation” while he was mayor of Burlington, Vermont, in a clip posted by the NTK Network. Speaking with physician Milton Terris on his local television show “Bernie Speaks with the Community,” Sanders discussed the possibility of implementing single-payer health care in the U.S.
“You want to guarantee that all people have access to health care as you do in Canada,” Sanders said. – READ MORE
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