Bernie Sanders puts lipstick on the 'Medicare for all' pig

In late January, more than a million Americans watched an online town hall hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. The topic? “Medicare for All.” No mainstream network would carry the event.

Predictably, the event was more of a pep rally for socialized medicine than a serious discussion of healthcare policy. Over the course of 90 minutes, Sanders moderated a series of panels, each one stacked with single-payer advocates from the worlds of business, medicine, and public policy. The speakers echoed the senator’s rosy depiction of single-payer healthcare.