I Agree With Bernie Sanders

 Now, this is not something I usually say, I am not known for being doctrinaire about much of anything. However, we all have to admit when someone - especially someone we would otherwise not agree with - is right. 

Consider the facts in Sanders' op/ed piece in The Guardian, It’s time to guarantee healthcare to all Americans as a human right: 

Let’s be clear. The current healthcare system in the United States is totally broken, dysfunctional and cruel. It is a system which spends twice as much per capita as any other major country, while 85 million Americans are uninsured or underinsured, one out of four Americans cannot afford the cost of the prescription drugs their doctors prescribe, and where over 60,000 die each year because they don’t get to a doctor on time.

It is a system in which our life expectancy is lower than almost all other major countries and is actually declining, a system in which working class and low-income Americans die at least ten years younger than wealthier Americans.

It is a system in which some 500,000 people go bankrupt because of medically related debt.

It is a system in which large parts of our country are medically underserved, where rural hospitals are being shut down, and where people, even with decent insurance, have to travel hours in order to find a doctor.

It is a system in which, in the midst of a major mental health crisis, Americans are unable to find the affordable mental health treatment they need.

If you think Americans deserve this kind of life, then you have the country you want. If you think this is not the America you want,

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