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By: Nick Visser; Huff Post Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday he believed it was inappropriate for lawmakers to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress, and reiterated his plans to boycott any speech the leader may give in Washington. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced the invitation late last month, which was signed

By: Samantha Watson; Vermont Public Sen. Bernie Sanders, on Friday, hosted a roundtable discussion with representatives from Vermont’s health insurance companies, the CEO of the state’s largest health care provider and others to discuss the rising costs of health care in Vermont. The meeting comes just weeks after Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont and MVP Health Care — the

By: Ali Vitali and Frank Thorp V; NBC News WASHINGTON—  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., called out top leaders in both parties on Tuesday for welcoming Netanyahu to Congress, excoriating the Israeli prime minister as a “war criminal” amid the ongoing war with Gaza.  In an interview with NBC News Tuesday, Sanders lashed out at House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., for inviting Netanyahu to address

By: Jon Queally; Common Dreams “Americans who have asthma and COPD should not be forced to pay, in many cases, 10 to 70 times more for the same exact inhalers as patients in Europe and other parts of the world,” said the independent senator from Vermont. Less than six months after launching a probe in the U.S. Senate into “the

By: Tyler Boronski; NBC5 BURLINGTON, Vt. — For years now, leaders in Washington have been sounding the alarm on the rising costs of health care in the U.S. On Friday, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders met face to face with the insurance companies and hospital providers to talk and try to figure out if there’s anything that can be done to

By: Peter D’Auria; VTDigger In a wide-ranging conversation, Vermont’s senior senator and top health care leaders sought to understand the reasons for rising health care costs — and how to stop them. Earlier this month, health insurance companies asked state regulators for permission to increase their premiums by roughly 9% to 19% — among the highest increases in recent history.