Money Pours In for Sanders's New Medicare for All Digital Campaign
August 02, 2017
byCommon Dreams
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is launching a campaign Wednesday to promote his planned Medicare for All legislation, engaging directly with voters across the nation.
The senator is asking supporters to sign on to the proposal as "citizen co-sponsors" via a digital ad campaign. In an article by the Guardian, Sanders's team described the operation as an effort to dispel myths about government-run healthcare, which is offered to the general populations of almost every western country and number of developing nations.
A longtime proponent of Medicare for All, Sanders has laid out his plan for the system on his website, noting that it would be paid for with taxes on capital gains, dividends and estates of the wealthiest Americans, as well as with savings that would be gained by eliminating healthcare tax expenditures.
Ahead of the ad campaign, Sanders sent an email to his supporters asking for ideas regarding how to implement a Medicare for All plan, counter right-wing attacks on government-run healthcare, and bring all Americans into the fight for healthcare access. Within 24 hours, Sanders had raised $65,000 and received 19,000 responses.
Sanders's Medicare for All digital campaign will include ads on Facebook and Google and is planned to last through the Senate's August recess. When lawmakers reconvene after Labor Day, the senator plans to bring his proposal to the Senate floor for debate.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/08/02/money-pours-sanderss-new-medicare-all-digital-campaign
