'Yes. It's time for Medicare for All,' Sen. BernieSanders declared Tuesday.
"The need for fundamental healthcare reform has never been so urgent," said critical care physician Dr. Adam Gaffney.Senate Budget Committee Chair Bernie Sanders announced Monday that there will be a hearing on Medicare for All this Thursday.
"We spend twice as much per capita on healthcare as any other nation but with worse health outcomes for our people," Sanders tweeted Monday."Does that make sense to anyone? It's time for Medicare for All.
Forty-eight percent of adults also said the pandemic worsened their view of the U.S. healthcare system. Sixty percent said that because of Covid-19, they were more concerned that some Americans have unequal access to quality healthcare services. Sanders, a longtime proponent of a single-payer healthcare system, has frequently pointed to the CBO'sthat Medicare for All could deliver Americans $650 billion in annual savings while providing better care and outcomes than the current for-profit system.
Thursday's Senate Budge Committee hearing will mark the second congressional hearing on Medicare for All since the pandemic began in 2020.
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