Bernie Sanders

So you're here with me in Burlington, Vermont, right? If you got a car, go 50 miles north to Canada. Walk into Canada and ask people, when you go to the hospital, how much does it cost you? What's your kind of bill? And they say, what are you talking about? Doesn't cost us anything. Doesn't cost us a nickel. That's the case in virtually every country in Europe.

So the idea that health care should be available to all, that there should be no out-of-pocket expense because it's a human right, is widespread around the world and very much agreed to in this country.

So the idea that health care should be available to all, that there should be no out-of-pocket expense because it's a human right, is widespread around the world and very much agreed to in this country.

So the idea that health care should be available to all, that there should be no out-of-pocket expense because it's a human right, is widespread around the world and very much agreed to in this country.

Bottom line is that because of our corrupt political system, we have a healthcare system designed not to provide healthcare to all people, to make huge profits for the drug companies and the insurance companies. And that is what's happening. And we've got to change that system. So I'm a strong advocate and I've led the effort on Medicare for All.

Bottom line is that because of our corrupt political system, we have a healthcare system designed not to provide healthcare to all people, to make huge profits for the drug companies and the insurance companies. And that is what's happening. And we've got to change that system. So I'm a strong advocate and I've led the effort on Medicare for All.

Bottom line is that because of our corrupt political system, we have a healthcare system designed not to provide healthcare to all people, to make huge profits for the drug companies and the insurance companies. And that is what's happening. And we've got to change that system. So I'm a strong advocate and I've led the effort on Medicare for All.

Well, we have a pretty good system, not great, but a pretty good system in Medicare. So it's there for the elderly, and Lyndon Johnson passed that in the 1960s, so huge step forward. It is being chopped away by the private insurance companies through Medicare Advantage. But if you strengthen Medicare,

Well, we have a pretty good system, not great, but a pretty good system in Medicare. So it's there for the elderly, and Lyndon Johnson passed that in the 1960s, so huge step forward. It is being chopped away by the private insurance companies through Medicare Advantage. But if you strengthen Medicare,

Well, we have a pretty good system, not great, but a pretty good system in Medicare. So it's there for the elderly, and Lyndon Johnson passed that in the 1960s, so huge step forward. It is being chopped away by the private insurance companies through Medicare Advantage. But if you strengthen Medicare,

And you do away with the kind of deductibles that seniors now have to pay, and you do away with other stuff. And you say, basically, right now, you're a senior in America. Go to any doctor you want. When you're in the hospital, Medicare will pay the entire bill. If you expand Medicare to cover dental, hearing, and vision, which it doesn't now cover, you do all of those things.

And you do away with the kind of deductibles that seniors now have to pay, and you do away with other stuff. And you say, basically, right now, you're a senior in America. Go to any doctor you want. When you're in the hospital, Medicare will pay the entire bill. If you expand Medicare to cover dental, hearing, and vision, which it doesn't now cover, you do all of those things.

And you do away with the kind of deductibles that seniors now have to pay, and you do away with other stuff. And you say, basically, right now, you're a senior in America. Go to any doctor you want. When you're in the hospital, Medicare will pay the entire bill. If you expand Medicare to cover dental, hearing, and vision, which it doesn't now cover, you do all of those things.

And then the next thing you do is say, okay, To be eligible for Medicare now, you have to be 65. First year, we're gonna lower it to 55, then we'll lower it to 45, then we'll lower it to 35, then we'll have everybody in the system. So I think in a four or five year period, you can strengthen Medicare and have everybody in the system.

And then the next thing you do is say, okay, To be eligible for Medicare now, you have to be 65. First year, we're gonna lower it to 55, then we'll lower it to 45, then we'll lower it to 35, then we'll have everybody in the system. So I think in a four or five year period, you can strengthen Medicare and have everybody in the system.

And then the next thing you do is say, okay, To be eligible for Medicare now, you have to be 65. First year, we're gonna lower it to 55, then we'll lower it to 45, then we'll lower it to 35, then we'll have everybody in the system. So I think in a four or five year period, you can strengthen Medicare and have everybody in the system.

And when you do that, and this is not just me talking, a number of studies have pointed this out, When you take the profit motive out of it from the insurance companies and the drug companies, you can end up providing quality care to all people and no more than we're spending right now. Because right now, we are spending twice as much per person in health care as the people of any other nation.

And when you do that, and this is not just me talking, a number of studies have pointed this out, When you take the profit motive out of it from the insurance companies and the drug companies, you can end up providing quality care to all people and no more than we're spending right now. Because right now, we are spending twice as much per person in health care as the people of any other nation.

And when you do that, and this is not just me talking, a number of studies have pointed this out, When you take the profit motive out of it from the insurance companies and the drug companies, you can end up providing quality care to all people and no more than we're spending right now. Because right now, we are spending twice as much per person in health care as the people of any other nation.

Incredibly wasteful system.