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Governor, Mayors and Pundits:
Matt Dunne on Health Care
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Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger:
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- State should provide universal access to health care. (Nov 2002)
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Christine Hallquist on Health Care
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Democratic candidate for governor of Vermont:
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- Wants to lay groundwork for universal healthcare system. (Sep 2018)
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Rebecca Holcombe on Health Care
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Democratic candidate for governor:
Click here for 8 full quotes
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- Confront out of control costs; coordinate state government. (Mar 2020)
- Scary anyone in public office would doubt value of vaccines. (Mar 2020)
- Will confront out of control costs of healthcare, drugs. (Jan 2020)
- If you can't afford health care, it's sick care. (Jan 2020)
- Should not have to turn down jobs for healthcare eligibility. (Nov 2019)
- Health is one sector that touches everything. (Sep 2019)
- State's mental health system is underfunded. (Sep 2019)
- Make health care more affordable. (Jul 2019)
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Sue Minter on Health Care
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Democratic Gubernatorial candidate:
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- Focus on containing costs in Vermont Health Connect. (May 2016)
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Phil Scott on Health Care
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Republican challenger for Governor:
Click here for 4 full quotes
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- Time to cap annual increases, prioritize prevention. (Jan 2021)
- Must increase affordability of health insurance. (Jan 2020)
- Replace dysfunctional Vermont Health Connect with subsidies. (Sep 2016)
- Affordable health care? Yes; single-payer? No. (Sep 2015)
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Shap Smith on Health Care
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| Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger:
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Keith Stern on Health Care
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Republican candidate for governor of Vermont:
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- Healthcare the community way through medical cost sharing. (Sep 2018)
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David Zuckerman on Health Care
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Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger :
Click here for 3 full quotes
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- Supports Medicare for All. (Apr 2020)
- Stop seeing mental health as separate from physical health. (Apr 2020)
- Medicaid expansion under ObamaCare; but no mandate. (Nov 2014)
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Senate:
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Al Giordano on Health Care
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| Democratic Senate challenger (withdrew):
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John MacGovern on Health Care
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Democratic Challenger for VT Senator:
Click here for 3 full quotes
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- Dislikes President Obama's health care act. (Aug 2012)
- Reform Medicare to reduce out-of-control spending. (Aug 2012)
- Supports repealing ObamaCare. (Oct 2012)
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Scott Milne on Health Care
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Democratic Challenger for VT Senator:
Click here for 2 full quotes
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- Promises of cost savings are likely a pipe dream. (Aug 2016)
- Supports repealing mandated health insurance. (Nov 2016)
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Brooke Paige on Health Care
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Republican Senate Challenger:
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- Reject single-payer healthcare and Vermont Health Connect. (Aug 2018)
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Bernie Sanders on Health Care
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Democratic primary challenger; Independent VT Senator; previously Representative (VT-At-Large):
Click here for 109 full quotes
OR click here for Bernie Sanders on other issues.
- Debt forgiveness for doctors & nurses in under-served areas. (Feb 2020)
- Will increase health benefits for all, in unions or not. (Feb 2020)
- Medicare for All is already a compromise. (Feb 2020)
- Bring America together:end international shame of healthcare. (Feb 2020)
- Bring America together:end international shame of healthcare. (Feb 2020)
- Help insurance industry employees transition to new jobs. (Jan 2020)
- Current system is not only cruel, it's dysfunctional. (Nov 2019)
- Job-based insurance forces people to change providers. (Jul 2019)
- Medicare for All: higher taxes but lower healthcare costs. (Jul 2019)
- Legalization of assisted suicide should be left to states. (Jun 2019)
- 1970s: For socialized medicine, public drug companies owned. (Mar 2019)
- Elective procedures can be covered by private insurance. (Feb 2019)
- Don't let Republicans do away with preexisting protection. (Oct 2018)
- Impose Medicaid requirements on states. (Oct 2018)
- Employer-based insurance burdens employers & stifles workers. (Aug 2017)
- Mental illness system is in tatters; treat like any illness. (Aug 2017)
- Lack of affordable dental care is part of healthcare crisis. (Nov 2016)
- Mental Health: people need more affordable treatments. (Nov 2016)
- Mental health coverage would stop suicides AND homicides. (Oct 2015)
- Move toward a single-payer system. (Mar 2015)
- 1972: Pushed for dental care for low-income children. (Jun 1997)
- ObamaCare alternatives need patient protections. (Jan 2017)
Pandemics
- Wrong to give company exclusive rights to drug treatment. (Mar 2020)
- Cover all costs for coronavirus testing and treatment. (Mar 2020)
- We don't have a healthcare system; only thousands of plans. (Mar 2020)
- International cooperation on coronavirus, and full funding. (Feb 2020)
- More money into research for pandemics like coronavirus. (Feb 2020)
- Vaccinations work; electing not to vaccinate is dangerous. (Sep 2015)
Prescription Drugs
- Health care industry last year made $100 billion in profit. (Feb 2020)
- End the absurdity of co-payments and $600B corporate costs. (Jan 2020)
- No deductibles or co-payments; $200 a year for prescriptions. (Sep 2019)
- Cap annual costs for prescription drugs at $200. (Aug 2019)
- Took diabetics to Canada for insulin at 1/10th price. (Jul 2019)
- Pharma companies should justify high drug prices. (Feb 2019)
- Negotiate Medicare prices stop outrageous pharma ripoffs. (May 2018)
- Medicare should negotiate prices with pharma industry. (Feb 2017)
- 1999: Took Vermonters to Canada for low-cost Rx drugs. (Nov 2016)
- Focus healthcare on health instead of profits. (Nov 2016)
- Don't ignore prescription drug affordability. (Nov 2016)
- No country except USA lets drug companies charge any price. (Oct 2016)
- Combat Big Pharma's greed on drug prices. (Jul 2016)
Universal Coverage
- Push for "Medicare for All" in context of coronavirus. (Apr 2020)
- We need a simple system, which exists in Canada. (Mar 2020)
- Medicare-for-All will save Americans $450B per year. (Feb 2020)
- FactCheck: US pays twice OECD average, but not every country. (Feb 2020)
- Every president since FDR has tried to fix healthcare. (Feb 2020)
- Medicare-for-All saves money to offset raising taxes. (Jan 2020)
- Medicare-for-all costs average family $1200 instead of $12K. (Dec 2019)
- Taxes will go up with Medicare for All, most will pay less. (Oct 2019)
- We lose 30,000 people a year due to not going to the doctor. (Sep 2019)
- Get rid of all for-profit health insurance companies. (Jul 2019)
- Comprehensive care including dental, hearing aids, & eyecare. (Jul 2019)
- This is not radical; virtually every other country does it. (Jul 2019)
- Healthcare as a human right includes immigrants. (Jul 2019)
- People will spend less money on Medicare for All. (Jun 2019)
- Canada has figured out single-payer, at half the cost of US. (Jun 2019)
- Medicare is most popular health insurance so let's expand it. (Jun 2019)
- Medicare-for-All will lead to stability, not disruption. (May 2019)
- Single payer will transform health care for the better. (Apr 2019)
- Medicare-for-all: no more private insurance plans. (Apr 2019)
- State-by-state Medicaid expansion is a major step. (Apr 2019)
- ObamaCare requires insurers to cover you, even at a loss. (Feb 2017)
- ObamaCare insured 20 million, but didn't go far enough. (Jan 2017)
- Real issue is healthcare at all, for rural poor. (Nov 2016)
- Federally-run single-payer program with mental/dental. (Nov 2016)
- $12B more for Federally Qualified Health Centers. (Feb 2016)
- For $500 more taxes, everyone gets $5,000 more healthcare. (Feb 2016)
- US is the only major country without universal health care. (Feb 2016)
- Other countries cover everyone; why can't we? (Feb 2016)
- Health care for 29 million more uninsured. (Feb 2016)
- Medicare for All: insure 29M people beyond ObamaCare. (Jan 2016)
- Single payer: Increased taxes offset by insurance cuts. (Jan 2016)
- I helped write ObamaCare; extend it to 29M more uninsured. (Jan 2016)
- The middle class will pay less with single payer health plan. (Dec 2015)
- We spend more on care than countries with single-payer. (Dec 2015)
- Healthcare is a fundamental right in a civilized society. (Sep 2015)
- Medicare for all: healthcare is a human right. (Sep 2015)
- U.S. is only major country without guaranteed healthcare. (Apr 2015)
- Civilized societies provide healthcare for the poor. (Jun 1997)
Voting Record
- Voted for ObamaCare; but prefers single-payer system. (Apr 2015)
- Voted NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (May 2011)
- Voted YES on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Jun 2009)
- Voted YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009)
- Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare. (Jul 2008)
- Voted NO on means-testing to determine Medicare Part D premium. (Mar 2008)
- Voted NO on allowing tribal Indians to opt out of federal healthcare. (Feb 2008)
- Voted YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Nov 2007)
- Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Apr 2007)
- Voted NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)
- Voted NO on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 damages. (May 2004)
- Voted NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)
- Voted YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs. (Jul 2003)
- Voted NO on small business associations for buying health insurance. (Jun 2003)
- Voted NO on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits. (Mar 2003)
- Voted NO on allowing suing HMOs, but under federal rules & limited award. (Aug 2001)
- Voted NO on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage. (Jun 2000)
- Voted NO on banning physician-assisted suicide. (Oct 1999)
- Voted NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts. (Oct 1999)
- MEDS Plan: Cover senior Rx under Medicare. (Jan 2001)
- Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
- Improve services for people with autism & their families. (Apr 2007)
- Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)
- Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy. (Apr 2011)
- Keep healthcare mandate, according to CC survey. (Jul 2018)
- Preserve access to Medicaid & SCHIP during economic downturn. (Apr 2008)
- Provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE. (Jun 2009)
- Sponsored bill expanding the National Health Service Corps. (Mar 2009)
- Collect data on birth defects and present to the public. (Apr 1998)
- Make health care a right, not a privilege. (Nov 1999)
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Lawrence Zupan on Health Care
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| Republican Challenger:
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Peter Welch on Health Care
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Democrat:
Click here for 17 full quotes
OR click here for Peter Welch on other issues.
- Everyone deserves access to health care. (Nov 2006)
- Voted NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (Apr 2011)
- Voted NO on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund. (Apr 2011)
- Voted YES on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Apr 2009)
- Voted YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009)
- Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare. (Jul 2008)
- Voted YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids. (Jan 2008)
- Voted YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Oct 2007)
- Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Jan 2007)
- MEDS Plan: Cover senior Rx under Medicare. (Jan 2001)
- Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)
- Require insurers to cover breast cancer treatment. (Jan 2011)
- Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy. (Apr 2011)
- Sponsored merging Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit. (Apr 2013)
- Rated GOP can't beat ObamaCare, so they pretend it's a "disaster". (Feb 2015)
- Expand the National Health Service Corps. (Mar 2009)
- Make health care a right, not a privilege. (Nov 1999)
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Former candidates & officeholders:
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Howard Dean-Gov on Health Care
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| Former Democratic Governor (2005-2008); pres. candidate 2004:
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Jim Douglas on Health Care
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Republican VT Governor:
Click here for 4 full quotes
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- Lower Rx drug costs with buying consortium. (Oct 2002)
- 3.2% funding increase for National Institutes of Health. (Apr 2010)
- Extend SCHIP with full funding, plus $12B for Medicaid. (Dec 2007)
- Delay Medicaid changes that shift costs from feds to states. (Apr 2008)
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Bruce Lisman on Health Care
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Republican 2016 Gubernatorial candidate:
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- Repeal the mandate to purchase insurance. (Mar 2016)
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Peter Shumlin on Health Care
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Democratic Governor (retiring 2016):
Click here for 2 full quotes
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- We need a single payer system for all. (Sep 2011)
- Vermont-wide system of public financing of health care. (Nov 2010)
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Jim Jeffords on Health Care
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Independent Jr Senator (VT, retiring 2006):
Click here for 13 full quotes
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- Voted YES on expanding enrollment period for Medicare Part D. (Feb 2006)
- Voted YES on increasing Medicaid rebate for producing generics. (Nov 2005)
- Voted YES on negotiating bulk purchases for Medicare prescription drug. (Mar 2005)
- Voted YES on $40 billion per year for limited Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Jun 2003)
- Voted YES on allowing reimportation of Rx drugs from Canada. (Jul 2002)
- Voted NO on allowing patients to sue HMOs & collect punitive damages. (Jun 2001)
- Voted YES on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Apr 2001)
- Voted NO on including prescription drugs under Medicare. (Jun 2000)
- Voted YES on limiting self-employment health deduction. (Jul 1999)
- Voted YES on increasing tobacco restrictions. (Jun 1998)
- Voted YES on Medicare means-testing. (Jun 1997)
- Voted NO on blocking medical savings acounts. (Apr 1996)
- Invest funds to alleviate the nursing shortage. (Apr 2001)
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Jack McMullen on Health Care
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| 2004 former Republican challenger:
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Len Britton on Health Care
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2010 Republican Challenger:
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- Start over with a free-market focus. (Sep 2010)
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Larry Drown on Health Care
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Democratic challenger:
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- Healthcare that works for everyone. (Jun 2006)
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Daniel Freilich on Health Care
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2010 Independent Challenger:
Click here for 2 full quotes
OR click here for Daniel Freilich on other issues.
- National health insurance would improve economy. (Aug 2010)
- Single-payer Medicare for All. (Mar 2010)
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Greg Parke on Health Care
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Republican challenger:
Click here for 2 full quotes
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- Providing health care is not a federal responsibility. (Aug 2006)
- Opposes universal health care. (Jun 2006)
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Richard Tarrant on Health Care
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Republican Challenger:
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- Free-market-based system for the uninsured. (Jun 2006)
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Patrick Leahy on Health Care
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Democratic Sr Senator (VT):
Click here for 30 full quotes
OR click here for Patrick Leahy on other issues.
- Voted NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (May 2011)
- Voted YES on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Jun 2009)
- Voted YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009)
- Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare. (Jul 2008)
- Voted NO on means-testing to determine Medicare Part D premium. (Mar 2008)
- Voted NO on allowing tribal Indians to opt out of federal healthcare. (Feb 2008)
- Voted YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Nov 2007)
- Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Apr 2007)
- Voted NO on limiting medical liability lawsuits to $250,000. (May 2006)
- Voted YES on expanding enrollment period for Medicare Part D. (Feb 2006)
- Voted YES on increasing Medicaid rebate for producing generics. (Nov 2005)
- Voted YES on negotiating bulk purchases for Medicare prescription drug. (Mar 2005)
- Voted YES on $40 billion per year for limited Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Jun 2003)
- Voted YES on allowing reimportation of Rx drugs from Canada. (Jul 2002)
- Voted YES on allowing patients to sue HMOs & collect punitive damages. (Jun 2001)
- Voted NO on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Apr 2001)
- Voted YES on including prescription drugs under Medicare. (Jun 2000)
- Voted NO on limiting self-employment health deduction. (Jul 1999)
- Voted YES on increasing tobacco restrictions. (Jun 1998)
- Voted NO on Medicare means-testing. (Jun 1997)
- Voted YES on blocking medical savings acounts. (Apr 1996)
- Invest funds to alleviate the nursing shortage. (Apr 2001)
- Let states make bulk Rx purchases, and other innovations. (May 2003)
- Rated 88% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
- Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)
- Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy. (Apr 2011)
- Merge Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit. (Jun 2013)
- Opposes repealing mandated health insurance. (Nov 2016)
- Preserve access to Medicaid & SCHIP during economic downturn. (Apr 2008)
- Expand the National Health Service Corps. (Mar 2009)
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Bernie Sanders on Health Care
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Democratic primary challenger; Independent VT Senator; previously Representative (VT-At-Large):
Click here for 109 full quotes
OR click here for Bernie Sanders on other issues.
- Debt forgiveness for doctors & nurses in under-served areas. (Feb 2020)
- Will increase health benefits for all, in unions or not. (Feb 2020)
- Medicare for All is already a compromise. (Feb 2020)
- Bring America together:end international shame of healthcare. (Feb 2020)
- Bring America together:end international shame of healthcare. (Feb 2020)
- Help insurance industry employees transition to new jobs. (Jan 2020)
- Current system is not only cruel, it's dysfunctional. (Nov 2019)
- Job-based insurance forces people to change providers. (Jul 2019)
- Medicare for All: higher taxes but lower healthcare costs. (Jul 2019)
- Legalization of assisted suicide should be left to states. (Jun 2019)
- 1970s: For socialized medicine, public drug companies owned. (Mar 2019)
- Elective procedures can be covered by private insurance. (Feb 2019)
- Don't let Republicans do away with preexisting protection. (Oct 2018)
- Impose Medicaid requirements on states. (Oct 2018)
- Employer-based insurance burdens employers & stifles workers. (Aug 2017)
- Mental illness system is in tatters; treat like any illness. (Aug 2017)
- Lack of affordable dental care is part of healthcare crisis. (Nov 2016)
- Mental Health: people need more affordable treatments. (Nov 2016)
- Mental health coverage would stop suicides AND homicides. (Oct 2015)
- Move toward a single-payer system. (Mar 2015)
- 1972: Pushed for dental care for low-income children. (Jun 1997)
- ObamaCare alternatives need patient protections. (Jan 2017)
Pandemics
- Wrong to give company exclusive rights to drug treatment. (Mar 2020)
- Cover all costs for coronavirus testing and treatment. (Mar 2020)
- We don't have a healthcare system; only thousands of plans. (Mar 2020)
- International cooperation on coronavirus, and full funding. (Feb 2020)
- More money into research for pandemics like coronavirus. (Feb 2020)
- Vaccinations work; electing not to vaccinate is dangerous. (Sep 2015)
Prescription Drugs
- Health care industry last year made $100 billion in profit. (Feb 2020)
- End the absurdity of co-payments and $600B corporate costs. (Jan 2020)
- No deductibles or co-payments; $200 a year for prescriptions. (Sep 2019)
- Cap annual costs for prescription drugs at $200. (Aug 2019)
- Took diabetics to Canada for insulin at 1/10th price. (Jul 2019)
- Pharma companies should justify high drug prices. (Feb 2019)
- Negotiate Medicare prices stop outrageous pharma ripoffs. (May 2018)
- Medicare should negotiate prices with pharma industry. (Feb 2017)
- 1999: Took Vermonters to Canada for low-cost Rx drugs. (Nov 2016)
- Focus healthcare on health instead of profits. (Nov 2016)
- Don't ignore prescription drug affordability. (Nov 2016)
- No country except USA lets drug companies charge any price. (Oct 2016)
- Combat Big Pharma's greed on drug prices. (Jul 2016)
Universal Coverage
- Push for "Medicare for All" in context of coronavirus. (Apr 2020)
- We need a simple system, which exists in Canada. (Mar 2020)
- Medicare-for-All will save Americans $450B per year. (Feb 2020)
- FactCheck: US pays twice OECD average, but not every country. (Feb 2020)
- Every president since FDR has tried to fix healthcare. (Feb 2020)
- Medicare-for-All saves money to offset raising taxes. (Jan 2020)
- Medicare-for-all costs average family $1200 instead of $12K. (Dec 2019)
- Taxes will go up with Medicare for All, most will pay less. (Oct 2019)
- We lose 30,000 people a year due to not going to the doctor. (Sep 2019)
- Get rid of all for-profit health insurance companies. (Jul 2019)
- Comprehensive care including dental, hearing aids, & eyecare. (Jul 2019)
- This is not radical; virtually every other country does it. (Jul 2019)
- Healthcare as a human right includes immigrants. (Jul 2019)
- People will spend less money on Medicare for All. (Jun 2019)
- Canada has figured out single-payer, at half the cost of US. (Jun 2019)
- Medicare is most popular health insurance so let's expand it. (Jun 2019)
- Medicare-for-All will lead to stability, not disruption. (May 2019)
- Single payer will transform health care for the better. (Apr 2019)
- Medicare-for-all: no more private insurance plans. (Apr 2019)
- State-by-state Medicaid expansion is a major step. (Apr 2019)
- ObamaCare requires insurers to cover you, even at a loss. (Feb 2017)
- ObamaCare insured 20 million, but didn't go far enough. (Jan 2017)
- Real issue is healthcare at all, for rural poor. (Nov 2016)
- Federally-run single-payer program with mental/dental. (Nov 2016)
- $12B more for Federally Qualified Health Centers. (Feb 2016)
- For $500 more taxes, everyone gets $5,000 more healthcare. (Feb 2016)
- US is the only major country without universal health care. (Feb 2016)
- Other countries cover everyone; why can't we? (Feb 2016)
- Health care for 29 million more uninsured. (Feb 2016)
- Medicare for All: insure 29M people beyond ObamaCare. (Jan 2016)
- Single payer: Increased taxes offset by insurance cuts. (Jan 2016)
- I helped write ObamaCare; extend it to 29M more uninsured. (Jan 2016)
- The middle class will pay less with single payer health plan. (Dec 2015)
- We spend more on care than countries with single-payer. (Dec 2015)
- Healthcare is a fundamental right in a civilized society. (Sep 2015)
- Medicare for all: healthcare is a human right. (Sep 2015)
- U.S. is only major country without guaranteed healthcare. (Apr 2015)
- Civilized societies provide healthcare for the poor. (Jun 1997)
Voting Record
- Voted for ObamaCare; but prefers single-payer system. (Apr 2015)
- Voted NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (May 2011)
- Voted YES on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Jun 2009)
- Voted YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009)
- Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare. (Jul 2008)
- Voted NO on means-testing to determine Medicare Part D premium. (Mar 2008)
- Voted NO on allowing tribal Indians to opt out of federal healthcare. (Feb 2008)
- Voted YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Nov 2007)
- Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Apr 2007)
- Voted NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)
- Voted NO on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 damages. (May 2004)
- Voted NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)
- Voted YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs. (Jul 2003)
- Voted NO on small business associations for buying health insurance. (Jun 2003)
- Voted NO on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits. (Mar 2003)
- Voted NO on allowing suing HMOs, but under federal rules & limited award. (Aug 2001)
- Voted NO on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage. (Jun 2000)
- Voted NO on banning physician-assisted suicide. (Oct 1999)
- Voted NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts. (Oct 1999)
- MEDS Plan: Cover senior Rx under Medicare. (Jan 2001)
- Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
- Improve services for people with autism & their families. (Apr 2007)
- Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)
- Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy. (Apr 2011)
- Keep healthcare mandate, according to CC survey. (Jul 2018)
- Preserve access to Medicaid & SCHIP during economic downturn. (Apr 2008)
- Provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE. (Jun 2009)
- Sponsored bill expanding the National Health Service Corps. (Mar 2009)
- Collect data on birth defects and present to the public. (Apr 1998)
- Make health care a right, not a privilege. (Nov 1999)
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