Bernie Sanders' policies would be beneficial to all Americans, Rep. Omar says in Vegas visit

[TexasTowelie]

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ outreach to Nevada workers with concerns about what could happen to their union-negotiated health care benefits if he became president continued on Sunday.

Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar spoke at the headquarters of Service Employees International Union Local 1107 in Las Vegas, telling workers that a Sanders administration would be “about making sure that we are creating policies that are going to be beneficial for the people of this country,” she said.

Last week, the powerhouse Culinary Union distributed brochures in employee dining rooms on the Strip pushing back against the Sanders' signature “Medicare For All” government-run insurance proposal. Unions in other states have also expressed concerns.

Omar said that a single-payer option would give workers the ability to focus more on pay and other benefits as opposed to health care.

Read more: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2020/feb/09/bernie-sanders-policies-would-be-beneficial-to-all/

[handmade34]

1. sure...

yet... even in my little state of Vermont who for the most part likes Bernie... we (Vermont) cannot pass healthcare for all or many of the other things Bernie advocates... why would anyone think people in Florida or Wisconsin or Alabama or Michigan would let this get done???

[denem]

2. I wish people would drop 'the squad' thing.

Compared with the others, Ayanna Pressley is an entirely different class of politician.

[TexasTowelie]

3. I agree.

I wonder how comfortable how she feels being associated with the three other members of the squad? Yes, all of them are Democrats, women, and POC, but she appears to realize the necessity of developing relationships and respecting the process rather than obtaining media attention.