Interview - Sanders focuses on fighting Republican health bill
July 3, 2017 | Updated 7:19 p.m. ET
Excerpt:
Sen. Bernie Sanders has delayed his single-payer health care bill in order to leverage his national platform against the Republican health care proposal, he said in a Monday interview.
Sanders, I-Vt., spoke with the Burlington Free Press during an exclusive 15-minute telephone interview, in which he also answered questions about a federal investigation into the now-defunct Burlington College and President Donald Trump's attacks on the news media. Sanders has promised since at least March to introduce a single-payer health care bill, which he calls "Medicare for all."
The bill has no chance of passage in a Republican-controlled Congress, Sanders acknowledged — but the senator said the bill is written and gaining momentum.
"Right now we are focusing all of our energy on trying to defeat this terrible piece of legislation," Sanders said, "and I did not want to conflate or confuse the two."
"This legislation is the most dangerous and harmful piece of legislation I have seen since I have been in the United States Congress," Sanders said. "It is a disaster for working families, and we have got to do everything we can to see that it’s defeated."
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