Battle lines have been drawn as Bernie Sanders launches his latest attempt to establish a healthcare system that covers all 323 million Americans. | Bernie Sanders Read more“The opposition to this will be extraordinary,” Sanders said in an interview in his Capitol Hill office, prior to the launch of his universal healthcare bill, known as “Medicare for All”. Sanders’ “single-payer” bill would provide comprehensive coverage for everything from the cost of hospital services, prescription drugs, mental health, maternity and newborn care and dental health. The eligibility age would gradually decrease until the fourth year, when everyone would receive a “universal Medicare card”. That’s it.”Since Sanders launched his presidential campaign in May 2015, public support for universal healthcare has climbed.

Source: The Guardian September 13, 2017 12:00 UTC