SANDERS: The United States of America is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care to all people as a right. Canada does it, every major country in Europe does it.
Do you believe that health care is a right of all Americans, whether they’re rich or they’re poor? Should all people, because they are Americans, be able to go to the doctor when they need to, be able to go to the hospital, because they are Americans.
PRICE: Yes. We are a compassionate society…
SANDERS: No, we are not a compassionate society. In terms of our relationship to poor and working people, our record is worse than virtually any other country on Earth. We have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any other major country on Earth. And half of our senior older workers have nothing set aside for retirement. So I don’t think, compared to other countries, we are particularly compassionate.
My question is: In Canada, in other countries, all people have the right to health care. Do you believe we should move in that direction?
PRICE: If you want to talk about other countries’ health-care systems, there are consequences to the decisions that they’ve made, just as there are consequences to the decisions that we’ve made. I look forward to working with you to make sure that every single American has access to the highest quality care and coverage that is possible.
SANDERS: ‘Has access to’ does not mean that they are guaranteed healthcare. I have access to buying a $10 million home. I don’t have the money to do that.
It doesn't matter matter. The incoming Trump cabinet sole purpose is to move wealth from the 99 to the 1
when was the last time a national politician was dishing out that real like this on a regular basis? The Radical Republicans during the Civil War/Reconstruction era? Left-liberals during the Great Depression?