Bernie Sanders to propose $20 billion bailout fund for struggling hospitals

[Uncle Joe]

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"I will be very soon introducing legislation in the Senate to establish a $20 billion emergency trust fund to help states and local communities purchase hospitals that are in financial distress," Sanders said. "In my view, any time a hospital is put up for sale in America, the local community or the state must have the right to buy it first with emergency financial assistance."

The rally in Philadelphia is just one part of a week long effort by the Vermont independent to highlight his commitment to
his "Medicare for All" plan. On Wednesday, Sanders will deliver what his campaign is describing as a "major" speech on the topic. As many of his fellow Democratic opponents begin to unveil their health care plans, Sanders is hoping to emphasize not only his support for full, single payer nationalized health care system, but also to show that he was the first national candidate to offer up support for the concept.

In Monday's speech, Sanders bashed the current health care system, arguing that the only way to prevent this scenario from happening all over America is to create a single payer system with a primary goal of patient care, not profits.

"It's not based on a system of profiteering, whether it's real estate speculators, whether it's insurance companies, or whether it's drug companies. Health care is a human right," Sanders told CNN after his speech.

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https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/politics/bernie-sanders-plan-for-hospital-fund/

[left-of-center2012]

1. A billion here, a billion there

Pretty soon you're talking real money.

[brooklynite]

5. Probably he can find the cash...

...in the billions he'll save not passing MFA.

[blm]

2. This should be a priority. We save banks, farms, so why not hospitals?

[Uncle Joe]

3. Good question blm.

[NYMinute]

4. Another giveaway without definitions and plans

We are already at 15 trillion in BS giveaways.

[BlueWI]

6. The federal budget is over 3 trillion, correct?

Do we want rural and other underserved populations to have medical care access? Seems like an idea that a Democratic-leaning site would champion.

I would think so, but opinions differ, I guess