Bernie Sanders sees coronavirus as chance to boost Medicare for All
by Joseph Simonson
| February 28, 2020 04:58 PM
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LOS ANGELES — As America grapples with its first case of coronavirus caught by someone who hasn't traveled to China recently, Bernie Sanders believes his healthcare plan could be the cure.
Sanders's Medicare for All proposal is the cornerstone of his second presidential run, with its pledge to eliminate private health insurance in favor of a government program. According to the Vermont senator, every person residing in the country would be entitled to universal healthcare coverage with no copays or deductibles.
And with chances of the virus becoming a global pandemic growing, Sanders says the time has never been more prescient for his proposal.
"If America ends up, with major supply chain disruptions like China has had, a related stock market decline (already underway), and other adverse economic impacts, how voters, as taxpayers, weigh the costs versus benefits of 'Medicare for all' proposals could easily change — and become less favorable to defenders of the status quo," said Sanders supporter Steve Early, a co-founder of "Labor for Bernie."
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