Our primary healthcare system is a mess. I have a plan to fix it.

By Bernie Sanders; The Guardian Millions of Americans can’t access a doctor or dentist or have to wait months to be seen. Let’s change that. The bad news is that the US healthcare system is broken and dysfunctional. We spend twice as much per capita as almost any other country, nearly $13,000 per year, while 85 million Americans remain uninsured

Read More »

The greed of Big Pharma cannot continue

By Bernie Sanders; Fox News Half the new drugs hitting the market cost more than $220,000, while Big Pharma rakes in our cash.  The American healthcare system is broken. Despite spending twice as much per capita on healthcare as the people of any other nation, nearly $13,000 per person, we have 85 million Americans who are uninsured or underinsured and

Read More »

America is facing a mental health crisis

By Bernie Sanders; The Guardian Young people are grappling with challenges that no generation in modern history has been forced to deal with. They need our help now. This country faces a longstanding mental health crisis, exacerbated by the isolation, fears and uncertainties of the pandemic. This crisis affects all generations, but has been especially devastating for young people. In

Read More »

I could not, in good conscience, vote for the debt ceiling bill

By: Bernie Sanders; The Guardian This bill cuts programs for the most vulnerable, and is totally unnecessary – why doesn’t Biden invoke the 14th amendment? Let’s be clear. The original debt ceiling legislation that Republicans passed in the House would have, over a 10-year period, decimated the already inadequate social safety net of our country and made savage cuts to

Read More »

It’s time to guarantee healthcare to all Americans as a human right

By: Bernie Sanders; The Guardian It is time to end the international embarrassment of the US being the only major country that does not guarantee healthcare Let’s be clear. The current healthcare system in the United States is totally broken, dysfunctional and cruel. It is a system which spends twice as much per capita as any other major country, while

Read More »

We Must Raise the Minimum Wage to a Living Wage

By: Bernie Sanders; The Guardian In the richest country on earth, if you work 40 hours a week you shouldn’t have to live in poverty Congress can no longer ignore the needs of the working class of this country. At a time of massive and growing income and wealth inequality and record-breaking corporate profits, we must stand up for working

Read More »