Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday night said his bill to roll all Americans into Medicare is one that would build upon Obamacare.
The Vermont Independent, speaking at a CNN town hall on healthcare with three other senators, said his plan was “building upon and improving” Obamacare. His legislation, which is backed by 16 other Democrats, would take people off private health insurance and Medicaid and place them in Medicare.
Republicans have been mobilizing in recent weeks in light of the Democratic support for such a system and are negotiating the details of an Obamacare overhaul bill, known as Graham-Cassidy, that does not have enough support currently for passage.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., who is one of authors of the overhaul bill, countered during the town hall that the reason Democrats are supporting the socialized healthcare bill is because they believe Obamacare is unsuccessful. “They think it has failed and we should be doing something else,” Cassidy said.
