The Vermont Senator told constituents in a town hall meeting in Vermont that he plans to introduce legislation for a single-payer healthcare system.
On Friday night, Senator Bernie Sanders told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes that the United States needed to move towards a ‘Medicare for all’ single-payer healthcare system.
“And I’ll be introducing legislation shortly to do that,” Senator Sanders told Hayes.
Affirming his commitment to a single-payer system, Sanders told a crowd of hundreds in Hardwick, Vermont that the defeat of the Republican “healthcare” bill was a victory, and he plans to soon introduce a ‘Medicare for all’ bill.
“No, we’re not going to give $300 million in tax breaks to the top 2 percent and then throw 24 million Americans off of health insurance. Ain’t gonna happen,” Sanders told the crowd, packed into a school gymnasium.
A May 2016 poll from Gallup showed that a clear majority of Americans was in favor of single-payer healthcare, including many Republicans.
