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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBernie Sanders Uses Obamacare Decision to Call for Medicare for All
Bernie Sanders praised the Affordable Care Act as important step in the right direction towards a Medicare for all system.
In a statement Sen. Sanders said,
"The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Affordable Care Act. Sen. Bernie Sanders welcomed the ruling. Today is a good day for millions of Americans who have pre-existing conditions who can no longer be rejected by insurance companies. It is a good day for families with children under 26 who can keep their children on their health insurance policies. It is a good day for women who can no longer be charged far higher premiums than men.
It is a good day for 30 million uninsured Americans who will have access to healthcare. It is a good day for seniors who will continue to see their prescription drug costs go down as the so-called doughnut hole goes away. It is a good day for small businesses who simply cannot continue to afford the escalating costs of providing insurance for their employees. It is a good day for 20 million Americans who will soon be able to find access to community health centers.
It is an especially good day for the state of Vermont, which stands to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in additional federal funds to help our state achieve universal health care.
In my view, while the Affordable Care Act is an important step in the right direction and I am glad that the Supreme Court upheld it, we ultimately need to do better. If we are serious about providing high-quality, affordable healthcare as a right, not a privilege, the real solution to Americas health care crisis is a Medicare-for-all, single-payer system. Until then, we will remain the only major nation that does not provide health care for every man, woman and child as a right of citizenship.
I am proud that Vermont is making steady progress toward implementing a single-payer system. I hope our state will be a model to show the rest of the nation how to provide better care at less cost to more people."
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Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/bernie-sanders-obamacare-decision-call-medicare.html
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Bernie Sanders Uses Obamacare Decision to Call for Medicare for All (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Jun 2012
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boxman15
(1,033 posts)1. Every word Sanders said there is true.
This is indeed a very good day for the country and for millions of Americans. I haven't been this happy when it comes to politics since President Obama was sworn in in 2009.
We are now on the right path.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)2. K and R
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)3. K&R
polichick
(37,152 posts)4. Bernie is my idea of what a Democratic leader should be - and he...
...ain't even a Democrat. k&r
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)5. Careful Bernie
Because you are not angry, many Duers will call you a sellout.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,258 posts)6. Ain't it the truth?