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FLASHBACK: Bernie Sanders Says Medicaid-For-All Would ‘Bankrupt The Nation’

Emily Zanotti

Sen. Bernie Sanders and his progressive pals may be pushing a “Medicare-For-All” bill as the only solution to the Affordable Care Act’s abysmal effect on the health care system, but back in 1987, the Vermont Senator was a lot more honest about what his universal health care plan would cost Americans: a lot.

Bernie and several colleagues ( Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Kamala Harris) say they’re totally on board wtih the “single payer” plan, which would shift payment for all healthcare services to the Federal government, eliminating private health insurance plans, and dumping all Americans onto public health care coverage, while, Sanders says, greatly expanding coverage to include not just medical care, but vision and dental as well.

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