Bernie Sanders Says He Isn't Certain Trump Wouldn't Sign Medicare For All, Urges Democrats to Lower Medicare…
Benzinga · Tanya Rawat ·
Bernie Sanders urges Democrats to lower Medicare eligibility to 55 and push Medicare for All.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Democrats must lower the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 55 as an "immediate first step" toward Medicare for All, while separately adding that he is "not absolutely certain that Trump would not sign it."
Sanders made the remarks on Thursday in an interview with MS NOW host Chris Hayes about the Democratic wins in the midterm elections and what Democrats will do with their new power.
A day earlier, in a video address on his YouTube channel, he said Democrats "must lower the Medicare eligibility age from 65 down to 55, expand Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing, and guarantee universal health care coverage for every child from birth through age 19." He said "all of this can be accomplished with 51 votes in the Senate through the reconciliation process," the budget process that lets the Senate pass certain measures with a simple majority.
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