As the coronavirus spreads, many are beginning to question the federal government’s ability to contain and mitigate this crisis. One group, however, remains confident that the government could do more if given the chance.

That group is led by none other than Bernie Sanders, an out-and-proud socialist who is using the coronavirus outbreak to push for a single-payer healthcare system. COVID-19 and the current testing shortage, he improbably argues, is actually proof that the United States would be better served by a nationalized bureaucratic healthcare system. “It has never been more important to finally guarantee healthcare as a human right by passing Medicare for All,” he said in a Feb. 27 statement.