Hours before debate, Sanders releases Medicare-for-all plan (update)
Source: CNN
By Dan Merica, Eric Bradner and Tami Luhby
Charleston, South Carolina (CNN)Bernie Sanders released his Medicare-for-all health care plan Sunday, detailing how he'd implement a decades-old liberal dream just two hours before Democrats start their final debate before the February 1 Iowa caucuses.
The Vermont senator's plan would funnel all Americans into a government-run health insurance program similar to the Medicare program that already covers senior citizens.
"Universal health care is an idea that has been supported in the United States by Democratic presidents going back to Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman," Sanders said in a statement. "It is time for our country to join every other major industrialized nation on earth and guarantee health care to all citizens as a right, not a privilege."
The plan comes with a hefty price tag: $1.38 trillion per year, according to calculations released by the Sanders campaign. It would provide comprehensive care to all Americans, covering doctors' visits, hospital stays, long-term and hospice care, vision, dental, mental health and prescription drugs.
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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/17/politics/bernie-sanders-medicare-plan/
I switched the AP story for CNN. Apology to onecaliberal.
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have had a "private for profit insurance" plan from 2015 and I WILL not know or show HOW much each person paid for there insurance premium at the price they got through the metal plan.
But let me be clear, I do know one thing as a recipient to MEDICARE, which I and millions of others have, we have been MEANS TESTED (Age of 65) to receive from the "not-for profit U.S. government plan insurance" through the government, which costs me $127.00 a month for a 80/20% plan and I pay $1524.00 a year in insurance premiums back to myself and I am jumping up and down WITH GLEE, that I will not get screwed by the United Health care CEO / Wall Street Bank making a profit off me, AND THEM hoping that I die and giving a CEO 20% profit right off the top for his for profit fee based on my health, with the $12,000, deducible co payment on some great metal plan-------------------phooey.
And whats amazing =after getting rid of my spending over $7200 in insurance premiums for that year just to get that deductible in a for profit insurance plan last year(2015) with a $12,000 deductible for both my wife and me, -------------------------it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that MEDICARE is cheaper and better and saves me money a lot of money, because of the overhead costs costing 4- 7% , while for-profit overhead costs run from 17-25%
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This is what Clinton is NOT talking about----------she is using fear
And after hearing what Clinton said, she has lost my support completely if she becomes the nominee------------------even at my own risk--------------------because she will have placed me at risk anyway with her plan, the DINO"S in her wring of power they do not care-------------she is leaving it in the hands of insurance companies and the same states that don't want it and by the same insurance corporations that are being run by banks-for a big fat profit----------------if you don't think so----------look.
SO LET ME SAY--------------------------
I AM GOING TO GIVE TO BERNIE AGAIN, BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT GETTING A TRULY PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE WHO KNOWS THAT THis is about getting a progressive U.S. Supreme Court ,Congress and state and local legislatures
I kinda like what FDR, Truman, Johnson did, a lot more so, than Goldwater and his girls, we remember, they thought and were running around that the ngoverment was the problem, when in fact it was the government that gave me health insurance at 4-7% in cover head costs
Honk-----------------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016
Honk-------for a political revolution Bernie 2016
