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Bernie Sanders: “It is not the best way to bring people into health care. The best way, of course, is a medicare for all single-payer…”

On the recordNovember 14, 2017
It is not the best way to bring people into health care. The best way, of course, is a medicare for all single-payer system, which guarantees health care to all people and it is funded based on ability to pay.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Senator Sanders advocates for a single-payer healthcare system as a solution to the issues caused by the individual mandate repeal.

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