Bernie Sanders on Passing ‘Medicare for All:’ ‘I Think We Will,’ But Most Importantly, It‘s What the American People Want

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SANDERS: "I think we will. As you know, there are well over 100 Democrats in the house who not support Medicare for all. We‘re getting more and more in the Senate. But most importantly, it‘s what the American people want. People understand that the function of a health care system cannot simply be to have the insurance companies and the drug companies make billions and billions of dollars in profit, while 90 million people are uninsured or underinsured. And Donna, we don‘t talk about this too much. Some 60,000 Americans die every single year because they don‘t get to a doctor when they should. Half a million people go bankrupt from medically related debt. This system is broken. It‘s got to change. And in the first year, it‘s a four year transition program. I know people are worried, oh, the world is going to change. It‘s a four year transition. First year lower the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 55. Expand Medicare to cover dental, hearing and vision. Cover all of the children next year go from 55 to 45, 45 down to 35. Everybody is in. It is something that we can do, something we must do something. The American people want."