Bernie Sanders Announces Intent To Be Chairman of Health Committee If Democrats Take Senate

Bernie Sanders is the author of ‘Medicare-for-All’ which would result in a complete government takeover that eliminates private and employer-provided health insurance.

October 5, 2020

Bernie Sanders will be in Michigan today campaigning for former Vice President Joe Biden. The Vermont Senator is scheduled to speak at events in Ann Arbor and Macomb County. 

Sanders, a self-described socialist whose healthcare policies would eliminate all employer-provided health insurance, recently announced that he would be the chairman of the Subcommittee on Health if Democrats take control of the Senate.

Bernie Sanders is the author of ‘Medicare-for-All’ which would result in a complete government takeover that eliminates private and employer-provided health insurance. Under single-payer systems, patient choice is replaced by rationed care and even Joe Biden has said that taxes on the middle-class would have to go up to pay for it. – Tori Sachs, executive director of Michigan Rising Action

The Michigan Democratic Party recently added Medicare for All to its platform after the Democratic National Committee declined to include universal single-payer health care in its platform. 

On April 10, 2019, Sanders Introduced S.1129, The Medicare For All Act of 2019. 

The Medicare For All Act of 2019 would permit private health insurers and employers to only offer coverage which is supplemental and not duplicative of benefits provided by the program. “The bill prohibits cost-sharing (e.g., deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments) and other charges for covered services, with the exception of prescription drugs. Additionally, private health insurers and employers may only offer coverage that is supplemental to, and not duplicative of, benefits provided under the program.” (S.1129, Introduced 04/10/19)