One of Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-VT) most notable and far-reaching campaign promises is his pledge to impose a national “Medicare-for-All” (M4A) health care program, one that has been endorsed by numerous Democratic presidential candidates, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
According to Sanders, “The giant pharmaceutical and health insurance lobbies have spent billions of dollars over the past decades to ensure that their profits come before the health of the American people. We must defeat them, … [by joining] every other major country on Earth and guaranteeing health care to all people as a right, not a privilege, through a Medicare-for-all, single-payer program.”
Sanders' plan would “create a federal universal health insurance program to provide comprehensive coverage for all Americans including inpatient and outpatient hospital care; emergency services; primary and preventive services; prescription drugs; mental health and substance abuse treatment; maternity and newborn care; pediatrics; home- and community-based long-term services and supports; dental, audiology, and vision services.”
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