We need to share this and other Bernie videos. As he asks us at every turn, we need to do some civilized, civic action to do our part in achieving these essential goals.Such civic action does not have to take lots of time, or even any $. Healthcare, infrastructure, Campaign and Election Reforms, the list goes on. Sen. Sanders works so very hard. He goes to areas with known problems to LISTEN, then he goes back to DC, does his research and brainstorming, and delivers solid solutions. Until we stand with him, these goals cannot be met. We can let our own members of Congress know that we fully support Sen. Sanders' work. We are also free to phone bank/volunteer for/donate to any candidate for our U.S. House and Senate, regardless of which state we reside in. We can help unseat the hostile inadequates and return genuine representation to D.C. We must regain majorities in the House and Senate to safeguard our democracy and American freedoms from the R's Project 2025. They are attempting to destroy our Bill of Rights and turn our nation into a dictatorial, "theocracy,". In order to keep our govt. of, for and by the People, We the People have to show up. I believe we will. Please spread the word, and ask friends and family members to do the same. This year's elections are the most important in our nation's history, and will decide our future as free people living in a free nation, or losing our freedoms. Now is definitely the time. PS It is also the purview of Congress to impeach/remove Supreme Court Justices who are neither supreme nor just.
U.K. resident here, 3 months ago at the age of 69 I was taken to hospital having suffered a heart attack. After 4 days I was taken to a different hospital for an angiogram, which showed I needed a triple bypass. It was another two weeks before the nearest hospital performing the operation could fit me in. So I spent a total of four weeks in hospital, including 5 days after my surgery. The total cost to me was zero, nothing, not a penny. During that time I was looked after by the nurses, doctors, and all the ancillary staff, and fed well three times a day. All at no cost whatsoever to me, other than the taxes I had paid during my working life, which I don’t believe were any higher than your USA taxes. I just can’t believe the opposition in America for a decent tax funded national health service. We pay a modest sum for prescriptions here, which would equate to around $12. This is for each medication, but if you have a chronic condition, needing many medications you can pay an annual fee. People on benefits don’t pay prescription charges, neither do diabetics, and certain other conditions. Once you turn 60 prescriptions are free, and no one is charged for a consultation with their doctor. This is not communism, it may possibly be called socialism, as may our state retirement pensions. Come on America, join the 21st. century.
America is garbage. Hate to say it. We have the same ratio of good (and not so good) people, but our policies are almost all dog shit. All concocted by quadrillionaires who try intensely hard to become quintillionaires. Pure crap.
That's right but this reality didn't stop the gov from elevating retirement age to 67 and trying to raise it even higher. Our reward for making the ultra rich even richer. Vote like your life depends on it because it does! Vote Blue!!💙
Your 💙has been in office for four years and things are worse. Corruption is deep in both parties. Bernie talks a good talk but can do nothing to help, because the corrupt DNC will not allow someone who is truly for the people run for President.
Yep. Only the 10% and up get to live long, free, and happy lives. The rest of us get to starve, suffer, and serve as their pawns to slave for low wages and die in their wars.
He is not. He is a hypocrite. He had the chance to initiate a joint resolution of disapproval for Blinken's decision to send billion of our taxes to Israel. He choose not too. He is part of the system
Why should there be equality when there isn't equal effort? If you risk 50k of your life savings to start a business and work 100 hours a week to turn a profit and I do as little as possible to keep my job at your business.... why should there be equality?
@@youtubesucks1499so if someone couldn’t save 50k because of their healthcare costs they don’t deserve to live as long as the other person. How selfish that sounds
I really liked Bernie Sanders when he was mayor of Burlington, and I love him as one of Vermont's senators. America needs more people like Bernie! VOTE BLUE!!! 💙💙💙
@@davidreid1171 You should be p.o.'d at him for rolling over and taking it. In both 2016 and 2020, he was clearly ahead, but got knocked out for Hillary and the Potato.
Lower class and working class are much more stressed. It's time to treat people with respect and give them a better life. Where the working class and lower class shouldn't have stress about money.
Be sure to vote nobody will do ot until it's demanded. Vote blue, make sure you register and everyone you know knows what's at stake. If the people don't say no to fascism this is the last election for any hope at all to end republican dismantling all the safety nets.
I live in Salt Lake City. I have noticed that the cost of food has gone down. All of sudden last week it seemed like a bunch of products were down about a dollar. It’s a Kroger brand store. I buy basically the same thing every two weeks and my bill was $50 cheaper than usual.
YES!!! There's very little Coordination of Care, Specialists are WAAAY too expensive, Insurance companies have WAAAY Too much control! Sure, I work full time, I have insurance, but can I afford the doctors I need to see? NO! Can I afford the prescriptions, the tests, the imaging, the radiologists (who, btw: bill once and immediately send you to collections)? NO! I have an endocrinologist but I don't even have a GP! Finding a GP that's local, affordable, understands my ongoing health issues, doesn't make me feel like I'm crazy and actually LISTENS...yeah, that's nearly impossible when you move from one state to another. If you change jobs, you have to change ALL the doctors and you're starting over from scratch! Wasting time and money! Years of a built up relationship with one doctor, one job change and all that time and money spent getting to know your doctor, your doctor getting to know you, your ailments, your reactions...etc....just TRASHED! And that can mean the difference of Live or Death of a patient! Having to start over with a new insurance deductible, new doctors, new tests and labs, it's Overwhelming for so many. Many, give up and don't bother following up and putting themselves and their finances through all that. COORDINATION OF CARE Across Carriers, across state lines, from one set of doctors to another... There HAS GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY!
👩🏽🦱 Reminder: Trump also didn’t care about the Child Tax Credit for American families, and how it has helped families with dependent children. ✅ Senator Sanders you are right. If people can’t afford healthcare in the country, they will die 15 years sooner, which is sad. Thank you so very much for your bravery and support of African Americans in the Civil Rights Era. 👏🏽🇺🇸
Bernie Sanders (NOT Bernie Moreno, nor Madoff) is that rare thing in politics, a MENSCH! We have a rare opportunity this year, to vote into office TWO MENSCHES! VOTE BLUE!
Thank You Bernie! Most of my "heroes" are the guitarists who helped inform my own style over the past 4 decades. But you, kind sir, are my political hero!❤🌍🌎🌏🌐
Thank you Senator. I worked for 35 years and paid for my Social Security and Medicare. Now I am afraid to go to the doctor because I can't afford the copays. There is no eye care professionals who provide care at the maximum amount that Medicare pays. The only dental care you can hope to get is teeth pulled out. At this point I am going to sign over my house to my children because heaven forbid I really get sick the government will take it because I am on Medicare.
This Should Have Been Talked About Decades Ago !!!!!!!!!!!!!! It Comes Down To Pure Greed for The Big Corporations and Our Government Elected Politicians that Pass Laws To Protect The Rich and The Poor Down !!!!!!!!!!
Amen Bernie! And as a retired American my “free” Medicare costs me $400 a month and then I have a big out of pocket and huge copays! Thank goodness I am healthy!
Financial education is indeed required for more than 70% of the society in the country as very few are literate on the subject. Thanks to Stacey Macken, the lady that changed my financial life.
I was 35 when I finally educated myself and started taking steps. I went from $176,000 in debt with zero savings or retirement to now, 2 years later, fully debt-free and over $1000,000 net worth. I know that doesn't SOUND like a lot, but I'm incredibly proud of it. Now I'm fast-tracking my wealth building (investing $400,000 annually) and don't owe a dime to anyone. It's a good feeling!
Honestly, I'm surprised that this mrs Stacey Macken is mentioned here, came across a testimony about her from one of the beneficiaries on the CNBC news, she seems to be doing extremely well
Stacey Macken is a retirement manager and investment/savings expert, in ranks with Cathie woods and Warren, has demonstrated expertise in investment strategies and has been involved in managing and providing financial guidance globally
Its disgusting that the poverty levels and all related to it haven't changed. DISGUSTING Its (living!) too expensive for my neighbor, who is disabled on Medicaire. Has about 25k to live off annually ,but pays out 10% just on Medicare and Part D, just to be covered. Then 1200-1500 a year for the meds themselves. Gets no assistance for anything. Not housing, no SNAP, no nothing. He needs surgery but it costs 1500 just to sit in a hospital bed 1 night plus all the rest of his 20%. Needs oral surgery and denture, but has zero coverage for that and no Medicaid. Then he needs another surgery in 6- 12 mos after the first. How can he afford to be alive? Hes not TECHNICALLY poor but barely scrapes by some months. No family living, nothing. Thom Hartmann explains the hidden evil and rascism of that 20% responsibility, originally (and still) meant to keep poor people of color from seeing a doctor but the country can say - he they have healthcare ! Now it's also disabled people with a good work history, hovering just above the margins for any assistance at all. Usa is a pitiful, shameful, haven for rich sociopaths.
Hell, when I was working, paying for insurance I still couldn’t afford to pay the medical bills. I was paying 256.00 every two weeks. My employer was paying twice that much.
I'm British. If the NHS cost 18% of our GDP and was still failing people to that extent, the "experiment" would have been abandoned long ago and we would have moved to private health care.
The American dream: work hard all your life, don’t get sick or hurt, try not to get shot, make your boss a lot of money, & maybe, if you get really lucky & have a job that offers it, the bankers won’t gamble away your retirement..
I don't expect the USD to even be the national currency by the time I retire in 30 years. I think by then QE will have made the USD as worthless as the Venezuelan Bolívar.
A small example of the cost issue. I knew someone, without insurance, who went to a walk-in clinic. Along with the ridiculous charge, for the doctor, they charged him a $250 "registration fee". At a frigging walk-in.
Democracy is when those who make decisions on your behalf have the duty to ask for your consent first. Today's republics are actually modern oligarchies where the interest groups of the rich are arbitrated by the people, that is, you can choose from which table of the rich you will receive crumbs. The "fatigue" of democracy occurs when there is a big difference between the interests of the elected and the voters, thus people lose confidence in the way society functions. As a result, poor and desperate citizens will vote with whoever promises them a lifeline, i.e. populists or demagogues. The democratic aspect is a collateral effect in societies where the economy has a strong competitive aspect, that is, the interests of those who hold the economic power in society are divergent. Thus those whealty, and implicitly with political power in society, supervise each other so that none of them have undeserved advantages due to politics. For this reason, countries where mineral resources have an important weight in GDP are not democratic (Russia, Venezuela, etc.), because a small group of people can exploit these resources in their own interest. In poor countries (Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, etc.) the main exploited resource may even be the state budget, as they have convergent interests in benefiting, in their own interest, from this resource. It is easy to see if it is an oligarchy because in a true democracy laws would not be passed that would not be in the interest of the many. The first modern oligarchy appeared in England at the end of the 17th century. After the bourgeois revolution led by Cromwell succeeded, the interest groups of the rich were unable to agree on how to divide their political power in order not to reach the dictatorship of one. The solution was to appoint a king to be the arbiter. In republics, the people are the arbiter, but let's not confuse the possibility of choosing which group will govern you with democracy, that is, with the possibility of citizens deciding which laws to pass and which not to. The solution is modern direct democracy in which every citizen can vote, whenever he wants, over the head of the parliamentarian who represents him. He can even dismiss him if the majority of his voters consider that he does not correctly represent their interests. It's like when you have to build a house and you choose the site manager and the architect, but they don't have the duty to consult with you. The house will certainly not look the way you want it, but the way they want it, and it is more certain that you will be left with the money given and without the house. It is strange that outside of the political sphere, nowhere, in any economic or sports activity, will you find someone elected to a leadership position and who has failure after failure and is fired only after 4 years. We, the voters, must be consulted about the decisions and if they have negative effects we can dismiss them at any time, let's not wait for the soroco to be fulfilled, because we pay, not them. In any company, the management team comes up with a plan approved by the shareholders. Any change in this plan must be re-approved by the shareholders and it is normal because the shareholders pay.
Medical biller here - with all the provider side call centers getting transferred to off shore. Where is the money going that they are saving. The customer service is terrible and getting harder to deal with. Can’t get through to the home plan cause they make it extremely difficult to get past the automated system. Insurance processes the claim in correctly, even though the clearing house passed on the information correctly. They refuse to send back for review. We all know insurance doesn’t want to pay, but when they make it impossible to deal with them, that should be illegal. Reporting to insurance beuro is a joke. Reporting to state senate is a joke. There is not a single insurance carrier that I will personally support. But then again, I can’t afford insurance and to use it. Our government doesn’t want physically or mentally healthy Americans, AND IT SHOWS!
Gee. I wonder why so many Canadians and many patients from other counties travel to America and pay more for Healthcare? I’m not defending or saying we can’t improve our efficiency. There is always room for that. Germany has a,very efficient health system. They do not allow duplication of specialists within a certain geographical area. That alone saves millions of euros. But that works there due to the relatively high population density compared to the American Midwest.
It's a sham. My parents shouldn't have to pay as much as they do for insurance when they don't even come close to racking up the same amount or more in medical costs annually. Whether you have private insurance, medicare, or medicaid, this Capitalist "healthcare" system is not working for the middle and lower class. We keep hearing about staff shortages, yet many healthcare groups are at the very same time laying off hundreds if not thousands of workers. I would love for someone to disagree with the above and do so in a way that makes sense.
I would like to know what percentage of total healthcare costs go toward 1. Insurance Company profits and 2. To Medical Malpractice Insurance. Congress had the opportunity reduce medical costs by bringing malpractice awards down but said no, it’s OK for having any problems turn into winning the lottery. Just compensation should be the expectation, not millions and millions of dollars.
How about senior citizen with low income what government wants to do with this silence group and they have to pay high home tax.Mr. Sandres please inform the law maker.
Universal healthcare with the option for private insurance like many countries do. They can co-exist. If you pay for your insurance or have it covered by work, then you can get priority treatment at whatever hospital you choose public/private for whatever medical procedure you need, even if it's not urgent or life saving. Otherwise you just go into the public queue if you don't want to pay $$$ upfront and are willing to wait. Subsidize prescription medicine like most other countries do as well, get rid of the greed of pharmaceutical companies to squeeze a profit. Many medicines made in the US that cost an American $$$ can cost other people around the world only a fraction of that because their country's government subsidize the cost, either directly upfront or through a rebate threshold. And of course promoting healthy living and lifestyle reduces the overall strain to the healthcare system.
I’m 70, I think my healthcare is excellent, very affordable. I go to Mayo in Rochester MN. I also have a BMI under 24, walk every day, don’t smoke, rarely consume alcohol and eat very little red meat or poultry. Perhaps there is a correlation between being the most obese country in the OECD and our health outcomes. 😊
"Is this healthcare system working for you?" From someone who voted for it, and doesn't use it. We shouldn't elect people to enact laws that don't affect them.
Thank you, Senator Sanders!
We need to share this and other Bernie videos. As he asks us at every turn, we need to do some civilized, civic action to do our part in achieving these essential goals.Such civic action does not have to take lots of time, or even any $. Healthcare, infrastructure, Campaign and Election Reforms, the list goes on. Sen. Sanders works so very hard. He goes to areas with known problems to LISTEN, then he goes back to DC, does his research and brainstorming, and delivers solid solutions. Until we stand with him, these goals cannot be met. We can let our own members of Congress know that we fully support Sen. Sanders' work. We are also free to phone bank/volunteer for/donate to any candidate for our U.S. House and Senate, regardless of which state we reside in. We can help unseat the hostile inadequates and return genuine representation to D.C. We must regain majorities in the House and Senate to safeguard our democracy and American freedoms from the R's Project 2025. They are attempting to destroy our Bill of Rights and turn our nation into a dictatorial, "theocracy,". In order to keep our govt. of, for and by the People, We the People have to show up. I believe we will. Please spread the word, and ask friends and family members to do the same. This year's elections are the most important in our nation's history, and will decide our future as free people living in a free nation, or losing our freedoms. Now is definitely the time.
PS It is also the purview of Congress to impeach/remove Supreme Court Justices who are neither supreme nor just.
U.K. resident here, 3 months ago at the age of 69 I was taken to hospital having suffered a heart attack. After 4 days I was taken to a different hospital for an angiogram, which showed I needed a triple bypass. It was another two weeks before the nearest hospital performing the operation could fit me in. So I spent a total of four weeks in hospital, including 5 days after my surgery. The total cost to me was zero, nothing, not a penny. During that time I was looked after by the nurses, doctors, and all the ancillary staff, and fed well three times a day. All at no cost whatsoever to me, other than the taxes I had paid during my working life, which I don’t believe were any higher than your USA taxes. I just can’t believe the opposition in America for a decent tax funded national health service. We pay a modest sum for prescriptions here, which would equate to around $12. This is for each medication, but if you have a chronic condition, needing many medications you can pay an annual fee. People on benefits don’t pay prescription charges, neither do diabetics, and certain other conditions. Once you turn 60 prescriptions are free, and no one is charged for a consultation with their doctor. This is not communism, it may possibly be called socialism, as may our state retirement pensions. Come on America, join the 21st. century.
Thank you. 💙
Thanks so much.
I'd love to!
I think I'm moving. 😅🎉☮️
America is garbage. Hate to say it. We have the same ratio of good (and not so good) people, but our policies are almost all dog shit. All concocted by quadrillionaires who try intensely hard to become quintillionaires. Pure crap.
We treat work as a sacred institution, but we treat workers as a mere resource.
Well said.
A disposable resource.
Resource, we should be so lucky. Usually seen as an impediment to amassing the fortune.
Help me money 💲 399 billion us dollars support money every months support money every years support money Abdullahi Hassan Mohamed Ibrahim please
I am forever devoted to you Bernie Sanders, and all of your causes.❤
Always keep your mind. Never blindly follow all of one person's causes, lest you end up like the trumpers.
He’s rich and continues to get more money off working for a cause!
You know he rallied to get llhan Omar to win her election
same here because his causes are all OUR causes!
That's right but this reality didn't stop the gov from elevating retirement age to 67 and trying to raise it even higher. Our reward for making the ultra rich even richer. Vote like your life depends on it because it does! Vote Blue!!💙
Sing It! We Love You Bernie! 💙💙💙
Bernie is the best! 🩵🩵🩵
I guess that’s why politicians live so long. They get paid too much and have top notch health care for life. Vote 💙🇺🇸
Your 💙has been in office for four years and things are worse. Corruption is deep in both parties. Bernie talks a good talk but can do nothing to help, because the corrupt DNC will not allow someone who is truly for the people run for President.
❤
Bernie is part of that club
Yep. Only the 10% and up get to live long, free, and happy lives. The rest of us get to starve, suffer, and serve as their pawns to slave for low wages and die in their wars.
@@geordan4951 He is?
Go Bernie Go ! 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Absolutely Bernie, thank you for your tenacity in this battle for equality and justice. You're an inspiration and a true American patriot!
He is not. He is a hypocrite. He had the chance to initiate a joint resolution of disapproval for Blinken's decision to send billion of our taxes to Israel. He choose not too. He is part of the system
A true communist
Why should there be equality when there isn't equal effort?
If you risk 50k of your life savings to start a business and work 100 hours a week to turn a profit and I do as little as possible to keep my job at your business.... why should there be equality?
@@youtubesucks1499so if someone couldn’t save 50k because of their healthcare costs they don’t deserve to live as long as the other person. How selfish that sounds
@@youtubesucks1499You are very uninformed and misinformed. Are you also a trumper?
Having a democracy means we shouldn’t have to fight for basic human rights. Thank you for being a champion for the people dear Bernie.
Not a democracy!
I love you, Bernie. Thank you. 🙏
🤍🤍💙💙💙💝💝💝🌼🌼🌼🌼🌷🌷💟💟💟💙💙💙🤍🤍🤍
Hello you look familiar have we met before
Thank you Bernie for keeping us informed and giving us all hope in the working class. Peace vf
I really liked Bernie Sanders when he was mayor of Burlington, and I love him as one of Vermont's senators. America needs more people like Bernie! VOTE BLUE!!! 💙💙💙
It's PURE GREED Bernie!
i think he knows ...
And Bernie is a millionaire, so...
@@thehellyousay hello you look familiar have we met before
Thank You Bernie Sanders we love you 🇺🇸💙🌊
💙💙💙🤍🤍🤍💙💙💙🤍🤍🤍💙💙💙🌼🌼🌼🌷🌷🌷💝💝💝💖💖💖
Yes we do love Senator Sanders.
If you really love him, you would be p.o.'d at the DNC for knocking him out of the 2016 and 2020 primaries.
@@electricman523 I am p.o.'d about the Dems not nominating Senator Sanders.
@@davidreid1171 You should be p.o.'d at him for rolling over and taking it. In both 2016 and 2020, he was clearly ahead, but got knocked out for Hillary and the Potato.
When you make healthcare a for-profit business, it becomes about making money and ensuring repeat visits, rather than actual care.
And pushing expensive drugs.
Love you Bernie you are great man
As a ancient critical care nurse, health care is a sad state of affairs 😢
Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸
Love you so much for all you do Bernie! ❤ As a disabled person after 38 years in healthcare, I had to move out of the US to get any attention.
Hello you look familiar have we met before
He is the smartest person in our government.
And the kindest.
@@Mrs.TJTaylor The total opposite of Trump.
@@taze317 There aren’t two more different people on the planet. This is to include their intellectual capabilities.
@@Mrs.TJTaylor Well stated 👏
@@taze317 no, just one of the few interested in doing his job and fulfilling his oath of office.
You never stop Bernie 🫶
Maybe they think we should die soon because they don't see any value in helping us live. ❤
Bingo. We’ve got a winner!
Men would say tuff it out. Clearly we need a woman president.
Exactly.
Thank you Bernie 💙
Senator Sanders, you are a true humanitarian and have my deepest respect. Keep up the fight.
Quite accurate from my own observation. The quality of care is "NO CARE". I am beside myself with anger.
Bernie you are a good men and Jesu's love you and I love you to🙏🕊🌴🌹🏹✌
Yes to universal health care! The time is now.
Lower class and working class are much more stressed. It's time to treat people with respect and give them a better life. Where the working class and lower class shouldn't have stress about money.
Be sure to vote nobody will do ot until it's demanded. Vote blue, make sure you register and everyone you know knows what's at stake. If the people don't say no to fascism this is the last election for any hope at all to end republican dismantling all the safety nets.
I live in Salt Lake City. I have noticed that the cost of food has gone down. All of sudden last week it seemed like a bunch of products were down about a dollar. It’s a Kroger brand store. I buy basically the same thing every two weeks and my bill was $50 cheaper than usual.
Donald trumpf doesn’t care about that.
And Obama-Biden-Harris does? Neither major party cares about you unless you are a major donor!!
YES!!!
There's very little Coordination of Care, Specialists are WAAAY too expensive, Insurance companies have WAAAY Too much control!
Sure, I work full time, I have insurance, but can I afford the doctors I need to see? NO!
Can I afford the prescriptions, the tests, the imaging, the radiologists (who, btw: bill once and immediately send you to collections)? NO!
I have an endocrinologist but I don't even have a GP! Finding a GP that's local, affordable, understands my ongoing health issues, doesn't make me feel like I'm crazy and actually LISTENS...yeah, that's nearly impossible when you move from one state to another.
If you change jobs, you have to change ALL the doctors and you're starting over from scratch! Wasting time and money!
Years of a built up relationship with one doctor, one job change and all that time and money spent getting to know your doctor, your doctor getting to know you, your ailments, your reactions...etc....just TRASHED!
And that can mean the difference of Live or Death of a patient!
Having to start over with a new insurance deductible, new doctors, new tests and labs, it's Overwhelming for so many.
Many, give up and don't bother following up and putting themselves and their finances through all that.
COORDINATION OF CARE Across Carriers, across state lines, from one set of doctors to another... There HAS GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY!
Was just in Vermont today.... Keep up the work Bernie 🎉
Thank you Bernie for standing up for the American people. We love you and recognize you as General of the everyday people.
Amen #Bernie #Berniegirl love Nurse Angel ❤😊
👩🏽🦱 Reminder:
Trump also didn’t care about the Child Tax Credit for American families, and how it has helped families with dependent children. ✅
Senator Sanders you are right. If people can’t afford healthcare in the country, they will die 15 years sooner, which is sad.
Thank you so very much for your bravery and support of African Americans in the Civil Rights Era. 👏🏽🇺🇸
Health care is a HUMAN RIGHT!
We need to overhaul our dysfunctional system.
I still have my Bernie 2020 cap. I wear it all the time. Bernie has been out there fighting for what's right for decades!
I agree that it's time we talk about healthcare, but I don't want to spoil this joy, joy, joy going around 🎉🎊🥥
Let's look at #MedicareForAll again.
Cue the Republican screams of "Socialism" when anyone speaks about helping the citizens of America with healthcare.
Republicans are greedy money worshipping dissapointments
You tell’em Bernie! Thanks for standing up for those of us without a voice in this system. You are a true hero.
Bernie Sanders (NOT Bernie Moreno, nor Madoff) is that rare thing in politics, a MENSCH!
We have a rare opportunity this year, to vote into office TWO MENSCHES! VOTE BLUE!
Yes because people do not get dental coverage and access to more expensive vitamin rich foods
Thank You Bernie!
Most of my "heroes" are the guitarists who helped inform my own style over the past 4 decades.
But you, kind sir, are my political hero!❤🌍🌎🌏🌐
Happy belated Birthday Senator Bernie Sanders ✨💙
Thank you Senator. I worked for 35 years and paid for my Social Security and Medicare. Now I am afraid to go to the doctor because I can't afford the copays. There is no eye care professionals who provide care at the maximum amount that Medicare pays. The only dental care you can hope to get is teeth pulled out. At this point I am going to sign over my house to my children because heaven forbid I really get sick the government will take it because I am on Medicare.
You should have been our POTUS. We’d be so much better off today. Everyone!
Wow. We must pray and vote. Thank you Bernie!❤ Prayers.
One Nation under Greed
He’s speaking to a bunch of people that don’t care. They have their free healthcare. They have their long life expectancies. They don’t care.
Bernie Rules, love you Bernie!💕💕💕
Thank you Bernie. I love your devotion to the well-being of everyday people. ❤❤❤
Thank God for Bernie Sanders !! he always cuts through the bullsh!t.
Thank you, Bernie. Older people are especially suffering with pharmaceutical and physician costs.
Thank you for being honest! You should be president!
This Should Have Been Talked About Decades Ago !!!!!!!!!!!!!! It Comes Down To Pure Greed for The Big Corporations and Our Government Elected Politicians that Pass Laws To Protect The Rich and The Poor Down !!!!!!!!!!
Right on, Bernie!
Amen Bernie! And as a retired American my “free” Medicare costs me $400 a month and then I have a big out of pocket and huge copays! Thank goodness I am healthy!
Our Healthcare is neither about health nor care.
Financial education is indeed required for more than 70% of the society in the country as very few are literate on the subject. Thanks to Stacey Macken, the lady that changed my financial life.
I've seen different people talking about this Stacey Macken she must be very amazing for people to talk this good about her.
That woman has changed my life for good. I attended her investment class couple of weeks and she's the best when it comes for guidance
I was 35 when I finally educated myself and started taking steps. I went from $176,000 in debt with zero savings or retirement to now, 2 years later, fully debt-free and over $1000,000 net worth. I know that doesn't SOUND like a lot, but I'm incredibly proud of it. Now I'm fast-tracking my wealth building (investing $400,000 annually) and don't owe a dime to anyone. It's a good feeling!
Honestly, I'm surprised that this mrs Stacey Macken is mentioned here, came across a testimony about her from one of the beneficiaries on the CNBC news, she seems to be doing extremely well
Stacey Macken is a retirement manager and investment/savings expert, in ranks with Cathie woods and Warren, has demonstrated expertise in investment strategies and has been involved in managing and providing financial guidance globally
Its disgusting that the poverty levels and all related to it haven't changed. DISGUSTING
Its (living!) too expensive for my neighbor, who is disabled on Medicaire. Has about 25k to live off annually ,but pays out 10% just on Medicare and Part D, just to be covered. Then 1200-1500 a year for the meds themselves. Gets no assistance for anything. Not housing, no SNAP, no nothing. He needs surgery but it costs 1500 just to sit in a hospital bed 1 night plus all the rest of his 20%. Needs oral surgery and denture, but has zero coverage for that and no Medicaid. Then he needs another surgery in 6- 12 mos after the first.
How can he afford to be alive? Hes not TECHNICALLY poor but barely scrapes by some months. No family living, nothing.
Thom Hartmann explains the hidden evil and rascism of that 20% responsibility, originally (and still) meant to keep poor people of color from seeing a doctor but the country can say - he they have healthcare !
Now it's also disabled people with a good work history, hovering just above the margins for any assistance at all.
Usa is a pitiful, shameful, haven for rich sociopaths.
When you say you support equal human rights, then we will listen to you.
Bernie can say he tried.
It’s almost like Bernie gets younger.
We need this man to be our President!
The only people who should be spending money on healthcare is the government, not the citizens.
Thank you, Senator, no one else is talking about Healthcare.
Love Bernie.
So proud that, as a Vermonter, I've been able to vote for him repeatedly over the past 40 years.
He is the best POTUS we never had.
Thank you Bernie!
Bernie is a national treasure. Best president you never had.
I do not understand how this man wasn't the choice for president in 2016.
The rich are killing off their slave labor; they can wash their own dirty laundry.😇
We love Bearnie Sanders! He really cares for people!!
My Man Senator Sanders.
Finally, somebody who makes sense.
Bernie you are the best multi Millionaire Communist Thank you
It's WAY past time to talk about it. It's time to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
Hell, when I was working, paying for insurance I still couldn’t afford to pay the medical bills. I was paying 256.00 every two weeks. My employer was paying twice that much.
I'm British. If the NHS cost 18% of our GDP and was still failing people to that extent, the "experiment" would have been abandoned long ago and we would have moved to private health care.
The American dream: work hard all your life, don’t get sick or hurt, try not to get shot, make your boss a lot of money, & maybe, if you get really lucky & have a job that offers it, the bankers won’t gamble away your retirement..
I don't expect the USD to even be the national currency by the time I retire in 30 years. I think by then QE will have made the USD as worthless as the Venezuelan Bolívar.
@@jackd.ripper9216 hello you look familiar have we met before
A small example of the cost issue. I knew someone, without insurance, who went to a walk-in clinic. Along with the ridiculous charge, for the doctor, they charged him a $250 "registration fee". At a frigging walk-in.
Democracy is when those who make decisions on your behalf have the duty to ask for your consent first. Today's republics are actually modern oligarchies where the interest groups of the rich are arbitrated by the people, that is, you can choose from which table of the rich you will receive crumbs.
The "fatigue" of democracy occurs when there is a big difference between the interests of the elected and the voters, thus people lose confidence in the way society functions. As a result, poor and desperate citizens will vote with whoever promises them a lifeline, i.e. populists or demagogues.
The democratic aspect is a collateral effect in societies where the economy has a strong competitive aspect, that is, the interests of those who hold the economic power in society are divergent. Thus those whealty, and implicitly with political power in society, supervise each other so that none of them have undeserved advantages due to politics. For this reason, countries where mineral resources have an important weight in GDP are not democratic (Russia, Venezuela, etc.), because a small group of people can exploit these resources in their own interest. In poor countries (Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, etc.) the main exploited resource may even be the state budget, as they have convergent interests in benefiting, in their own interest, from this resource. It is easy to see if it is an oligarchy because in a true democracy laws would not be passed that would not be in the interest of the many.
The first modern oligarchy appeared in England at the end of the 17th century. After the bourgeois revolution led by Cromwell succeeded, the interest groups of the rich were unable to agree on how to divide their political power in order not to reach the dictatorship of one. The solution was to appoint a king to be the arbiter. In republics, the people are the arbiter, but let's not confuse the possibility of choosing which group will govern you with democracy, that is, with the possibility of citizens deciding which laws to pass and which not to.
The solution is modern direct democracy in which every citizen can vote, whenever he wants, over the head of the parliamentarian who represents him. He can even dismiss him if the majority of his voters consider that he does not correctly represent their interests.
It's like when you have to build a house and you choose the site manager and the architect, but they don't have the duty to consult with you. The house will certainly not look the way you want it, but the way they want it, and it is more certain that you will be left with the money given and without the house. It is strange that outside of the political sphere, nowhere, in any economic or sports activity, will you find someone elected to a leadership position and who has failure after failure and is fired only after 4 years. We, the voters, must be consulted about the decisions and if they have negative effects we can dismiss them at any time, let's not wait for the soroco to be fulfilled, because we pay, not them. In any company, the management team comes up with a plan approved by the shareholders. Any change in this plan must be re-approved by the shareholders and it is normal because the shareholders pay.
Medical biller here - with all the provider side call centers getting transferred to off shore. Where is the money going that they are saving. The customer service is terrible and getting harder to deal with. Can’t get through to the home plan cause they make it extremely difficult to get past the automated system. Insurance processes the claim in correctly, even though the clearing house passed on the information correctly. They refuse to send back for review. We all know insurance doesn’t want to pay, but when they make it impossible to deal with them, that should be illegal. Reporting to insurance beuro is a joke. Reporting to state senate is a joke. There is not a single insurance carrier that I will personally support. But then again, I can’t afford insurance and to use it. Our government doesn’t want physically or mentally healthy Americans, AND IT SHOWS!
You go Bernie.....wish you were our candidate for president!!!!!
Dump the lawyers.
Gee. I wonder why so many Canadians and many patients from other counties travel to America and pay more for Healthcare? I’m not defending or saying we can’t improve our efficiency. There is always room for that. Germany has a,very efficient health system. They do not allow duplication of specialists within a certain geographical area. That alone saves millions of euros. But that works there due to the relatively high population density compared to the American Midwest.
Bernie you should have run for President.
Bernie for Prez.2024
Glad I have the public health service in Spain 🇪🇸👍, No medical debt or need medical insurance 👍
It's a sham. My parents shouldn't have to pay as much as they do for insurance when they don't even come close to racking up the same amount or more in medical costs annually. Whether you have private insurance, medicare, or medicaid, this Capitalist "healthcare" system is not working for the middle and lower class. We keep hearing about staff shortages, yet many healthcare groups are at the very same time laying off hundreds if not thousands of workers. I would love for someone to disagree with the above and do so in a way that makes sense.
1 Corinthians 5:11: Do not associate with anyone who is guilty of greed.
Thanks Bernie.
Prevention and healthy lifestyle is how you reduce healthcare spending. We are behind on that.
If Bernie was a Christian or Catholic, I think the DNC definitely would have picked him over Hilary.
I would like to know what percentage of total healthcare costs go toward 1. Insurance Company profits and 2. To Medical Malpractice Insurance. Congress had the opportunity reduce medical costs by bringing malpractice awards down but said no, it’s OK for having any problems turn into winning the lottery. Just compensation should be the expectation, not millions and millions of dollars.
How about senior citizen with low income what government wants to do with this silence group and they have to pay high home tax.Mr. Sandres please inform the law maker.
Universal healthcare! Like civilized countries.
Universal healthcare with the option for private insurance like many countries do. They can co-exist. If you pay for your insurance or have it covered by work, then you can get priority treatment at whatever hospital you choose public/private for whatever medical procedure you need, even if it's not urgent or life saving.
Otherwise you just go into the public queue if you don't want to pay $$$ upfront and are willing to wait.
Subsidize prescription medicine like most other countries do as well, get rid of the greed of pharmaceutical companies to squeeze a profit. Many medicines made in the US that cost an American $$$ can cost other people around the world only a fraction of that because their country's government subsidize the cost, either directly upfront or through a rebate threshold.
And of course promoting healthy living and lifestyle reduces the overall strain to the healthcare system.
I’m 70, I think my healthcare is excellent, very affordable. I go to Mayo in Rochester MN. I also have a BMI under 24, walk every day, don’t smoke, rarely consume alcohol and eat very little red meat or poultry. Perhaps there is a correlation between being the most obese country in the OECD and our health outcomes. 😊
Thank you!
"Is this healthcare system working for you?" From someone who voted for it, and doesn't use it. We shouldn't elect people to enact laws that don't affect them.