Everyone knows that our health care system – both nationally and in the state of Vermont – is broken, dysfunctional and wildly expensive. The U.S. spends twice as much per person on health care as other wealthy countries, yet we remain the only one not to guarantee health care for all people. Vermonters pay even more.
By: Jake Johnson; Common Dreams "Instead of increasing the cost of college in order to give more tax breaks to billionaires," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, "we are going to make…
WASHINGTON, May 21 – As President Trump and congressional Republicans are working overtime to make college unaffordable and unattainable for millions of working-class families in order to provide tax breaks…
By: Olivia Grieger; VTDigger Congress’s proposed changes to Medicaid policies and a state insurer’s potential rate hikes would further stress a system in crisis, the Senator said in a Monday…
Over 300 Vermonters joined Sen. Sanders and the Peavine Boys at Hazen Union School for a Spring Dance. The Peavine Boys, an Americana band from Rochester, VT, played rock and…
WASHINGTON, May 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced he will hold a press conference Monday with health care, business and community leaders to discuss the crisis in Vermont’s…
WASHINGTON, May 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, alongside Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Vice Chair of the Senate…
By: Filip Timotija; The Hill Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) warned during a recent interview that the proposed Republican cuts to Medicaid will end up causing “thousands and thousands” of low-income and…
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