Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Friday that one of the great ironies of the current health care debate in Washington is that those states that voted heavily for Trump and Republicans, including Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell’s own state of Kentucky, will be punished the most by the Republican health care plan. Sanders will be

BURLINGTON, Vt., June 30 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called on U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, to “end backroom deals” and “begin the national discussion” on health care. “Instead of holding backroom meetings, Sen. McConnell, you and the Republican leadership must allow bi-partisan discussion as to how we

WASHINGTON, June 26 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that the Senate Republican health care plan would raise the number of people without health insurance by 22 million: “Throwing 22 million Americans off of health insurance, raising premiums for older Americans, defunding Planned Parenthood and giving $231 billion in tax

WASHINGTON, June 26 – While Republicans attempt to force through a bill that would make health care unaffordable for millions of Americans, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and House Assistant Democratic Leader Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) announced legislation Monday that would double the number of patients community health centers have the capacity to serve, to reach 50 million in 2028

WASHINGTON, June 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Thursday after Senate Republicans released a draft of their health care bill: “For weeks, Republicans have been drafting their ‘health care’ bill in secret, refusing to hold hearings or public debate. Now we know why. The bill Republicans announced today is even worse than expected and by far

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined Democratic senators on the Senate floor Monday evening to protest Republicans’ unprecedented, closed-door effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The House bill being considered by Senate Republicans would throw 23 million Americans off of health insurance, including tens of thousands of Vermonters, and substantially raise premiums for older workers. The measure would also