Bernie Sanders

to every house in America, no matter how rural it can be. It's a money loser, but it's the right thing to do. You can privatize the post office tomorrow, make it more efficient, and yet you will lose the beauty of what the post office is supposed to be.

to every house in America, no matter how rural it can be. It's a money loser, but it's the right thing to do. You can privatize the post office tomorrow, make it more efficient, and yet you will lose the beauty of what the post office is supposed to be.

The challenge that we face is, can you have a post office functioning in the year 2024, which is efficient, which serves the needs of its customers? I believe we can. I believe we can, and I'm fighting for that. What these other guys, I suspect, want to do is privatize, privatize, privatize, so they'll have even more power in the hands of the large corporate interests.

The challenge that we face is, can you have a post office functioning in the year 2024, which is efficient, which serves the needs of its customers? I believe we can. I believe we can, and I'm fighting for that. What these other guys, I suspect, want to do is privatize, privatize, privatize, so they'll have even more power in the hands of the large corporate interests.

The ultimate goal here, using the VA as an example, is to privatize the VA. So of course you want to, you know, let's not be naive here. If we can make government so incredibly dysfunctional that people say, Jesus, forget about it, right? Do you think if we expand in Medicare, just one example, if we expand in Medicare, which the American people want, to cover hearing, vision, and dental care,

The ultimate goal here, using the VA as an example, is to privatize the VA. So of course you want to, you know, let's not be naive here. If we can make government so incredibly dysfunctional that people say, Jesus, forget about it, right? Do you think if we expand in Medicare, just one example, if we expand in Medicare, which the American people want, to cover hearing, vision, and dental care,

If we got rid of Medicare Advantage, because we're doing these things.

If we got rid of Medicare Advantage, because we're doing these things.

Which is eating away at traditional Medicare. So if you had an efficient Medicare system that covered all basic health care needs, it was run in an administratively effective way, which, what would the people say? They'd say, hey, that's great. I want to use that to cover all the kids and everybody else.

Which is eating away at traditional Medicare. So if you had an efficient Medicare system that covered all basic health care needs, it was run in an administratively effective way, which, what would the people say? They'd say, hey, that's great. I want to use that to cover all the kids and everybody else.

There are people here who that's their nightmare, that you have an efficient government, because ultimately they want virtually every part of American society, including public education, including healthcare, to be privatized. And they're moving rapidly in that direction, by the way.

There are people here who that's their nightmare, that you have an efficient government, because ultimately they want virtually every part of American society, including public education, including healthcare, to be privatized. And they're moving rapidly in that direction, by the way.

Look, I have ran for president two times on the need for a Medicare for all single payer program. OK, so it exists in Canada right now. Do they have their problem? Everybody has a problem. But understand that when we talk about health care, John, It's not only that 60,000 people a year die because they don't get to a doctor. It's not only that our life expectancy is lower than other countries.

Look, I have ran for president two times on the need for a Medicare for all single payer program. OK, so it exists in Canada right now. Do they have their problem? Everybody has a problem. But understand that when we talk about health care, John, It's not only that 60,000 people a year die because they don't get to a doctor. It's not only that our life expectancy is lower than other countries.

It's not only that working class people in this country live seven or eight years shorter lives than the rich. It's not only that we pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. You add all that together, guess what? We're paying twice as much per person for healthcare than the Canadians and people around the world. Twice as much. Why is that?

It's not only that working class people in this country live seven or eight years shorter lives than the rich. It's not only that we pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. You add all that together, guess what? We're paying twice as much per person for healthcare than the Canadians and people around the world. Twice as much. Why is that?

Well, obviously, what is the function of the health care system? Is it to provide quality care at all? No. It is to make the drug companies and the insurance companies rich. In that sense, it is succeeding very, very well. And they will fight you to the death, fight you to the death to give up that lucrative industry. So, you know, basically, I think what we should do is

Well, obviously, what is the function of the health care system? Is it to provide quality care at all? No. It is to make the drug companies and the insurance companies rich. In that sense, it is succeeding very, very well. And they will fight you to the death, fight you to the death to give up that lucrative industry. So, you know, basically, I think what we should do is

make Medicare more efficient, expand it, and then gradually cover all of our people through a Medicare program. Get rid of the profiteering, get rid of the billing, get rid of the complexity. My wife has a PhD. She goes crazy trying to figure out our healthcare bills, right? Arguing with the insurance companies, et cetera. That's what you want to do. Can you do that? If you did that, John,

make Medicare more efficient, expand it, and then gradually cover all of our people through a Medicare program. Get rid of the profiteering, get rid of the billing, get rid of the complexity. My wife has a PhD. She goes crazy trying to figure out our healthcare bills, right? Arguing with the insurance companies, et cetera. That's what you want to do. Can you do that? If you did that, John,