{"id":21591,"date":"2023-07-31T08:57:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21591"},"modified":"2023-07-31T08:57:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:57:07","slug":"sen-sanders-says-millions-of-people-cant-find-a-doctor-hes-mostly-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21591","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Sanders Says Millions of People Can\u2019t Find a Doctor. He\u2019s Mostly Right."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(By Michelle Andrews for KFF Health News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has long been a champion of a government-sponsored \u201cMedicare for All\u201d health program to solve long-standing problems in the United States, where we pay much more for health care than people in other countries but are often sicker and have a shorter average life expectancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, he realizes his passion project has little chance in today\u2019s political environment. \u201cWe are far from a majority in the Senate. We have no Republican support \u2026 and I\u2019m not sure that I could get half of the Democrats on that bill,\u201d Sanders said in recent remarks to community health advocates. Continue reading here…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF \u2014 the independent source for health policy research, polling, and journalism<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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