Medicare for all—that’s what Bernie Sanders will be fighting for ifelected the next U.S. President.
In a speech yesterday, Sanders, the U.S. senator from Vermontand primary opponent to Hillary Clinton, discussed how hisuniversal health coverage fit into his version of socialism.
Polls have indicated that many Democrats don’t think Sanders isa viable candidate due to his long self-identification as asocialist. Sanders sought to compare himself to Franklin D.Roosevelt because, he said, like FDR, he supports broadly basedprograms designed to raise the educational, health and economicstatus of all Americans.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
