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Bernie Sanders: “Medicare, by and large, is an enormously successful health care program; and, in fact, the majority of the American…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2017
Medicare, by and large, is an enormously successful health care program; and, in fact, the majority of the American people would like to see Medicare expanded to all Americans.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Senator Sanders advocates for the expansion of Medicare to all Americans.

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