Sanders writes: "Given the president’s propensity to lie about almost everything, it is not surprising that Trump is lying about Medicare for All—a proposal which 70 percent of the American people now support."
Bernie Sanders. (photo: Antonella Crescimbeni)
03 November 18
iven the president’s propensity to lie about almost everything, it is not surprising that Trump is lying about Medicare for All—a proposal which 70 percent of the American people now support.
Our proposal would not cut benefits for seniors on Medicare, as the president and his Republican allies claim. In fact, we expand benefits to include dental care, vision care and hearing aids. In addition, Medicare for All would eliminate deductibles and copays for seniors, and significantly lower the cost of prescription drugs. And Medicare for All allows all Americans to see the doctors they want, not the doctors their insurance companies have a contract with.
The president is lying to protect the profits of his friends in the insurance and pharmaceutical industries, but the American people are clear about what they want: to end the international disgrace of being the only major country not to guarantee health care as a right.
