Sanders announces project for expanding health care access in Brattleboro
Brattleboro Reformer
In announcing federal funding for a community health initiative that will expand access to all kinds of care, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., called health care “a human right.”
“Whether you’re rich or poor, or whatever you may be, you are entitled to the best quality care system,” he said Tuesday at a press conference at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. “There is something wrong in our country where we remain today the only major nation on earth not to guarantee health care for all.”
Sanders said about 85 million people in America are uninsured or underinsured, and the country spends twice as much per capita on health care than any other nation. He’s long been fighting for changes.