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The Sanders Single-Payer Plan Is No Miracle Cure
Last week, Senator Bernie Sanders introduced “Medicare for all” legislation, which would enroll all Americans into the nation’s Medicare program within four years.
Senator Sanders, the Vermont independent, argues that his proposal would create a system that “works not just for millionaires and billionaires, but for all of us.”
Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Kamala Harris of California and over a dozen of their Senate Democratic colleagues have co-sponsored the legislation.
Representative John Conyers, Democrat of Michigan, and state lawmakers in California have also proposed “single payer” health plans.
Though we have…