Medicare for All Would Save 114,000 Lives and $1 Trillion a Year: Sanders Declares 'The Time Is Now'

Sanders Renews Push for Medicare for AllCalling the findings further evidence for sweeping healthcare reform, Sanders said Medicare for All would treat healthcare as a right rather than a privilege. 'This study confirms what we have known for years: Medicare for All saves lives and saves money. In fact, guaranteeing healthcare as a human right through a Medicare for All, single-payer system would cost $1 trillion less than our current dysfunctional system. The time is now to end the greed of the big insurance and drug companies and pass Medicare for All.' Nevertheless, Sanders said the findings underscore the urgency of advancing Medicare for All legislation as healthcare affordability continues to dominate political debate in the United States.