January 18, 2016

Sen. Sanders Medicare for All has been released

Leaving no one behind
https://berniesanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Medicare-for-All.pdf

It has been the goal of Democrats since Franklin D. Roosevelt to create a universal
health care system guaranteeing health care to all people. Every other major
industrialized nation has done so. It is time for this country to join themand fulfill
the legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson and other
great Democrats.

The Affordable Care Act was a critically important step towards the goal of universal
health care. Thanks to the ACA, more than 17 million Americans have gained health
insurance. Millions of low-income Americans have coverage through expanded
eligibility for Medicaid that now exists in 31 states. Young adults can stay on their
parents’ health plans until they’re 26. All Americans can benefit from increased
protections against lifetime coverage limits and exclusion from coverage because of
pre-existing conditions. Bernie was on the U.S. Senate committee that helped write
the ACA.

But as we move forward, we must build upon the success of the ACA to achieve the
goal of universal health care. Twenty-nine million Americans today still do not have
health insurance and millions more are underinsured and cannot afford the high
copayments and deductibles charged by private health insurance companies that
put profits before people.

The U.S. spends more on health care per person, and as a percentage of gross
domestic product, than any other advanced nation in the world, including Australia,
Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
But all that money has not made Americans healthier than the rest of the world.
Quite simply, in our high-priced health care system that leaves millions overlooked,
we spend more yet end up with less.


rest at link
and here
https://twitter.com/EvanMcSan

January 17, 2016

Live Stream: The Legacy of Dr. King, 1PM

https://go.berniesanders.com/page/m/24fb2a5d/43f6e855/422dea43/620ef182/1988493287/VEsH/

1pm ET livestream discussion featuring Bernie, Killer Mike, Sen. Nina Turner, and Dr. Cornel West.

January 17, 2016

Complete Interview: George Stephanopoulos Interviewes Bernie Sanders On "This Week"

George Stephanopoulos Interviewes Bernie Sanders On "This Week" (1/17/2016)

January 17, 2016

Face the Nation Extended interview: Bernie Sanders, January 17 (video)

An extended version of the interview with Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders that aired on the January 17 broadcast of "Face the Nation."

January 17, 2016

Bernie Sanders defends Wall Street reform ad (video)

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders tells "Face the Nation" that his ad contrasting his position on Wall Street reform with Hillary Clinton's is "not a negative ad."

January 15, 2016

Bernie Sanders holds town hall in Hanover

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders spent Thursday evening just miles away from his home state, speaking to students at Dartmouth College.

The Democratic presidential candidate held a town hall and picked up an endorsement from former Massachusetts Sen. Paul Kirk.

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More than 1,400 Dartmouth College students, Hanover residents and Sanders supporters lined up to hear the senator speak.

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“I hope everyone understands this because sometimes we get attacked unfairly, is what this plan does of course, is end private insurance payments for the American people. So instead of making a private insurance premium payment, you make a Medicare premium payment,” said Sanders.

video at link
http://www.wmur.com/politics/bernie-sanders-holds-town-hall-in-hanover/37447766

January 15, 2016

Bernie's tweets during the debate

Republicans on stage claim Social Security is going broke. They are dead wrong.

Social Security has a $2.8 trillion surplus. It can pay every benefit owed to every eligible American for the next 19 years. #GOPDebate

Now is not the time for demagoguery and fear mongering. During these difficult times, we will not succumb to Islamophobia.

@marcorubio: I'm proud that we have a president that is committed to funding Planned Parenthood. #GOPDebate

I have a message for Donald Trump: No, we’re not going to hate Latinos or Muslims. We are going to stand together.

The Republicans seem to think they could beat our campaign. They haven’t seen the polls. #GOPDebate




https://twitter.com/BernieSanders

January 14, 2016

Happy Days

Hillary Clinton autographed this photo, taken on a flight to a health care forum at Dartmouth College on Dec. 7, 1993, along with a note saying, “To Bernie Sanders, with thanks for your commitment to real health care access for all Americans and best wishes” – Hillary Rodham Clinton, 1993
https://berniesanders.com/press-release/happy-days/

January 14, 2016

Bernie Sanders making first Alabama campaign stop with 'Future to Believe In' rally

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is coming to Birmingham next week. Though this marks his first visit to Alabama, his campaign has seen increasing grassroots support across the state.

Sanders, a senator from Vermont seeking the Democratic nomination, will hold a "Future to Believe In" rally at Boutwell Auditorium on Monday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m. , with doors opening at 6 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required, but attendees are encouraged to RSVP. Admission is first come, first served.
https://go.berniesanders.com/page/event/detail/rally/4rfyp

Sanders will be joined by former Ohio Sen. Nina Turner and noted author and activist Cornel West to discuss the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in Birmingham.

http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/01/bernie_sanders_making_first_al.html

January 14, 2016

Howard Dean, Now Employed by Health-Care Lobby Firm, Opposes Bernie Sanders on Single-Payer

Howard Dean is the latest in a string of Hillary Clinton supporters to charge that Bernie Sanders is wrong to support a single payer health care plan. The former chairman of the Democratic National Committee claimed on MSNBC last night that Sanders’s reforms might result in “chaos” because “trying to implement it would in fact undo people’s health care.” Dean added: “That is something people should be concerned about.”

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Dean, though he rarely discloses the title during his media appearances, now serves as Senior Advisor to the law firm Dentons, where he works with the firm’s Public Policy and Regulation practice, a euphemism for Dentons’ lobbying team. Dean is not a lawyer, but neither is Newt Gingrich, who is among the growing list of former government officials and politicians that work in the Public Policy and Regulation practice of Dentons.


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In 2009, Dean praised single-payer while speaking on Democracy Now, calling the idea “by far the most economically efficient system.” That’s because, as Dean noted at the time, a Medicare-for-all style single-payer system would cut down on bureaucratic overhead and do a better job at controlling prices. An analysis by University of Massachusetts at Amherst professor Gerald Friedman found that the single-payer plan introduced into the last Congress, for instance, would have save $592 billion, while expanding coverage to all uninsured American, regardless of ability to pay. Over 95 percent of households would see higher after-tax income because of the cost controls and elimination of insurance premiums.

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After Dean began working in the lobbying industry, he gave a talk about how to navigate the post-Citizens United campaign finance world. “I’ve advised a lot of clients in the industries that I usually end up working with, which are mostly healthcare industries, not to give any money to either side, or if you do, give it to both sides because politicians really don’t know much about the issues,” Dean said. “But they remember the ads, and they remember who was on whose side and who wasn’t, and it makes a big difference.”
https://theintercept.com/2016/01/14/howard-dean-lobbyist/