Bernie Sanders endorses Colorado single-payer health initiative [View all]
Source: Durango Herald
By Peter Marcus Herald staff writer
DENVER – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday endorsed a single-payer health care ballot proposal for Colorado, as infighting between Democrats raged on.
Sanders made the announcement through his new group, Our Revolution, which has seen infighting similar to battles between Democrats in Colorado over the single-payer issue.
The endorsement from the former Democratic presidential candidate was announced by proponents of the single-payer initiative on Thursday, ending speculation that Sanders would back the issue.
“There is an important ballot initiative in Colorado which calls for a (single-payer) health care system,” Sanders said at an event in Vermont. “It is absurd, it is beyond belief, that here in America we remain the only major country on Earth not to guarantee health care to all people. If that proposal can win in Colorado, I believe that idea will spread around the country.”
Colorado Democrats are split over the ballot proposal, with ProgressNow Colorado recently opposing it. The opposition drew attacks from supporters of the initiative, who said ProgressNow failed them.
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