Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumNew Bernie email just received - his plan will lower cost of healthcare for average family - $5000
Sisters and Brothers -
Here is what I believe: the greed of the pharmaceutical and health care industries in this country is killing Americans. It is a national disgrace that, despite great gains made under the Affordable Care Act, 29 million of our neighbors are still without care.
That is why I am, frankly, a bit surprised that with less than three weeks to go before the Iowa caucuses, the Clinton campaign is attacking our belief that health care must be recognized as a right, not a privilege, for every man, woman and child in our country. We cannot wait to realize that goal, and the best way to get there is a Medicare-for-all, single-payer system.
Yesterday, one of Hillary Clinton's several super PACs took aim at us, saying our plan would "require tax increases on working families."
It would be a terrible setback for our shared values and for our movement to reform a corrupt political system if we lost because a super PAC scared voters into thinking our plan would take away people's coverage or cost them more money. Help make sure that doesn't happen.
Please make another $10 contribution to put an end to these attacks and help us win in Iowa.
Under my plan, we will lower the cost of health care for the typical family by nearly $5,000 a year. It is unfair to say simply how much more a program will cost without letting people know we are doing away with the cost of private insurance and that the middle class will be paying substantially less for health care under a single-payer system than Hillary Clinton's program.
Attacking the cost of the plan without acknowledging the bottom-line savings is the way Republicans have attacked this idea for decades.
Taking that approach in a Democratic primary undermines the hard work of so many who have fought to guarantee health care as a right in this country, and it hurts our prospects for achieving that goal in the near future.
Fight back against the super PACs that have attacked our campaign, and help deliver a victory in Iowa for our political revolution. Make a contribution here:
https://go.berniesanders.com/victory-in-iowa
Real change comes about when large numbers of ordinary Americans speak, vote and get involved in the democratic process. If we stand together, we win. If we are divided, the big-money interests win. And we have a real shot to deliver a big victory in the fight for health care as a right for all Americans in this campaign.
In solidarity,
Bernie Sanders
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)getting those costs even in the stratosphere would be a great start. A big part of the Oligarchy Sanders would break up...in time. He's getting the message out. People need real numbers that make sense...like saving $5,000 a year. Saw his ad...very good.
in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)Just clearing their GREED out of the system, will save BILLIONS of dollars. I'm glad he gave the $5000 savings in healthcare costs for average family. That helps a lot when people have some idea what they'll be saving.
PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)were one of them, I'd be watching very closely because the unwashed masses are waking up. Hopefully they take their proverbial pitchforks to the voting booth. The choice is pretty clear and getting clearer every day.
I'm obviously a Bernie supporter, but have been just a bit restless about hearing more specifics. This one is a two-fer...going after the "Bigs".
Next, free college. Oh how will we pay for it? We already are paying for it. Now we can go after one more...Big Robber Barons.
It all boils down to (when people ask) working around the Oligarchs until we get people gainfully mobilized, yea employed, even unionized to also say...Enough is Enough.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom