Sep 13, 2017:
At the U.S. Capital in Washington, D.C., Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent-Vermont) introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2017.
The legislation is co-sponsored by 16 of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate: Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin), Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut), Cory Booker (New Jersey), Al Franken (Minnesota), Kirsten Gillibrand (New York), Kamala Harris (California), Martin Heinrich (New Mexico), Mazie Hirono (Hawaii), Patrick Leahy (Vermont), Edward Markey (Massachusetts), Jeff Merkley (Oregon), Brian Schatz (Hawaii), Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire), Tom Udall (D-New Mexico), Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts) and Sheldon Whitehouse (Rhode Island).
View a press release here.
View the legislation here.
View an executive summary of the Medicare for All Act of 2017 here.
View options to finance the Medicare for All Act of 2017 here.
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