Senator Bernie Sanders appeared on CBS Information this morning to advertise his e book about ‘combating oligarchy’ and claimed that the American healthcare system is damaged, however neither he nor the hosts ever point out who broke it.
How did we get right here? It was by way of Obamacare, which was made regulation by Democrats on a celebration line vote. It’s totally their fault.
Sanders is out right here saying that the Inexpensive Care Act did not make healthcare inexpensive and nobody even thinks to say this reality.
Bernie tries to spin this by saying that Republicans are permitting hundreds of Individuals to die, however by no means addresses the straightforward undeniable fact that Obamacare has been a complete failure.
Transcript by Curtis Houck on Twitter/X:
Dokoupil: “Chief Thune over the Senate has mentioned the well being care points will come to a vote when you open the federal government first. He can’t assure the end result however he’ll get the vote. Why is that no good?”
Sanders: “Nicely, I’ll let you know why it’s no good. The present well being care system is damaged. It’s dysfunctional. We spend twice as a lot per individual because the individuals of different nation, 85 million uninsured, we don’t have sufficient docs, nurses, dentists, et cetera. It’s a damaged system. What Trump did in his large stunning invoice is to throw 15 million low revenue and dealing class individuals off the well being care they at present have by large cuts in Medicaid and the Inexpensive Care Act. You realize what research present, guys? Let’s discuss this. Research present that, whenever you throw 15 million low revenue and dealing class individuals off well being care, 50,000 individuals a yr — a yr — will die unnecessarily. They don’t have the cash to go to a health care provider, they’ve a power sickness, they are going to die. On high of that, all around the nation, in my state of Vermont, all around the nation, individuals proper now are receiving notices from their insurance coverage firms, their premiums are going to go up by 20 p.c — by — by double.”
Dokoupil: “So open the federal government and vote on it. Make the case.”
Sanders: “Actually? No, and let 50,000 individuals die after Trump vetoes the laws if the Home doesn’t cope with the laws? You realize what’s occurring proper now within the Home? The Speaker of the Home, Mr. Johnson, has given his individuals a five-week trip. They’re not even in Washington, D.C. earlier than I vote on a invoice that can proper now permit 50,000 individuals to die unnecessarily, I would like it completely clear that that won’t occur, interval.”
Watch the trade beneath:
CBS’s Tony Dokoupil completely cooks Bernie Sanders over the federal government shutdown and, when Sanders doubles down and insists Republicans are murdering 50,000 individuals a yr if the ObamaCare subsidies expire, calls him out for not desirous to “make the case” and let the chips fall…… pic.twitter.com/GmjxnPpdDA
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 20, 2025
Bernie Sanders is totally dishonest on this argument. Leaving the failures of Obamacare out of this dialog is solely political and it’s being carried out for such apparent causes.
