Sanders Praises $35 Cap on Inhalers Just Six Months After Probe Into ‘Outrageous’ Prices
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
Sen. Bernie Sanders Urging Vermont Health Care Leaders to Fight On High Costs
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
‘A Sense of Urgency’: Sen. Bernie Sanders Pushes Vermont Health Care Players on High Costs
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.
Sanders Hosts Burlington Health Care Roundtable
By: Jessica Tara; WCAX BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders hosted a round table in Burlington Friday afternoon to talk about health care costs in the state. It comes after the only insurers in Vermont’s marketplace this month proposed premium rate increases. If they are approved, Vermonters could see increases between 9% and 19%. Sanders says the proposed
Sanders, Wyden Scrutinize Data Firm Over ‘Sky-High Medical Bills’
By: Joseph Choi; The Hill Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are scrutinizing a data analytic firm over concerns the services it provides to insurance companies are leaving patients with “sky-high medical bills.” The senators issued a letter last week to Travis Dalton, president and CEO of the health care data analytics firm MultiPlan, stating their concerns over
Sen. Bernie Sanders Has Become a Leading Critic of Israel’s War in Gaza
By: Kevin McCallum; Seven Days In April, when U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) stepped up to the microphone on the Senate floor to denounce Israel’s war in Gaza, he brought along visual aids. On his right was a large photograph of an infant swaddled in a white blanket, with a face gaunt from hunger. On his left, an image of
