Political Quotes

On the recordMay 15, 2025
If you are making $16,000 a year, you know what? You can’t afford that 35 bucks.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders highlights the financial burden of new copayments on low-income Medicaid recipients.

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