Bernie Sanders Has Some Big Health Care Plans — And It’s Not Just Medicare For All
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One of this year’s more intriguing political developments is a change at the helm of the Senate health, education, labor and pensions committee, where Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is taking the gavel. It represents a milestone of sorts for American politics ― and for Sanders himself.
The Brooklyn native and former mayor of Burlington, Vermont, first came to Washington, DC, more than 30 years ago, when he won election for the state’s lone, at-large seat in the US House. Sixteen years later, in 2006, Sanders won the US Senate seat that he holds today.
For much of that time, Sanders has played the role of ideological gadfly, proudly calling himself a “democratic socialist” and just as proudly championing causes that, by American standards, sit out on the fringes of the political left. He’s also been known