Comments of Senator Bernie Sanders are from the Democratic Party Presidential Primary Debate in Las Vegas, NV, on October 13th 2015 and the Democratic Party Presidential Primary Debate in Charleston, SC, on January 17th, 2016.About the page style: This page is crafted in the style of a concordance. A concordance is an alphabetical list of the keywords and the proper Names in a document along with the statements in which those words appear. Click the preceding every statement to go to the pertinent paragraph in the text.
on health : And over the years, I have strongly supported instant background checks, doing away with this terrible gun show loophole. And I think we've got to move aggressively at the federal level in dealing with the straw man purchasers. Also I believe, and I've fought for, to understand that there are thousands of people in this country today who are suicidal, who are homicidal, but can't get the healthcare that they need, the mental healthcare, because they don't have insurance or they're too poor. I believe that everybody in this country who has a mental crisis has got to get mental health counseling immediately. (2015/10/13)
on health : that we have to address the issue of mental health, (2015/10/13)
on health : that veteran could get health_care from the community health center, or the private sector. (2015/10/13)
on health : And second of all, when we talk about addiction being a disease, the Secretary is right, what that means is we need a revolution in this country in terms of mental health treatment. (2016/01/17)
on health : ... healthcare with mental health... (2016/01/17)
on health_care : every other major country providing health_care to all people as a right, except the United_States. (2015/10/13)
on health_care : in recent history. We followed suit with a few years later passing, under my leadership, the most significant veterans' health_care legislation in the modern history of this country. (APPLAUSE) (2015/10/13)
on health_care : in improving health_care for the men and women of this country who put their lives on the line to defend them. (2015/10/13)
on health_care : so that veterans in this country could get the health_care when they needed it, and not be on long waiting lines. (2015/10/13)
on health_care : that veteran could get health_care from the community health center, or the private sector. (2015/10/13)
[an error occurred while processing this directive]on health_care : We should not be the only major country on Earth that does not guarantee health_care to all of our people (2015/10/13)
on health_care : It is understanding that in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, we should have health_care for every man, woman, and child as a right (2016/01/17)
on health_care : (LAUGHTER) Because what her campaign was saying -- Bernie Sanders, who has fought for universal health_care for my entire life, he wants to end Medicare, end Medicaid, end the children's health_insurance program. (2016/01/17)
on health_care : And here's the important point, we are spending far more per person on health_care than the people of any other country. (2016/01/17)
on health_care : My proposal, provide health_care to all people, get private insurance out of health_insurance, lower the cost of health_care for middle class families by 5,000 bucks. (2016/01/17)
on health_care : Now, the truth is, that Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt, Harry Truman, do you know what they believed in? They believed that health_care should be available to all of our people. (2016/01/17)
on health_care : What a Medicare-for-all program does is finally provide in this country health_care for every man, woman and child as a right. (2016/01/17)
on health_care : Tell me why we are spending almost three times more than the British, who guarantee health_care to all of their people? Fifty percent more than the French, more than the Canadians. (2016/01/17)
on health_care : The vision from FDR and Harry Truman was health_care for all people as a right in a cost-effective way. (2016/01/17)
on health_care : A couple of years ago, when we understood that veterans were not getting the quality care they needed in the timely manner, I worked with folks like John McCain and others to pass the most comprehensive veteran's health_care legislation in modern history. (2016/01/17)
on health_insurance : (LAUGHTER) Because what her campaign was saying -- Bernie Sanders, who has fought for universal health_care for my entire life, he wants to end Medicare, end Medicaid, end the children's health_insurance program. (2016/01/17)
on health_insurance : I voted for it, but right now, what we have to deal with is the fact that 29 million people still have no health_insurance. (2016/01/17)
on health_insurance : My proposal, provide health_care to all people, get private insurance out of health_insurance, lower the cost of health_care for middle class families by 5,000 bucks. (2016/01/17)
[an error occurred while processing this directive]on health_insurance : But with the secretary neglected to mention, not just the 29 million still have no health_insurance, that even more are underinsured with huge copayments and deductibles. (2016/01/17)
on health_insurance : A little bit more in taxes, do away with private health_insurance premiums. (2016/01/17)
on health_insurance : So, what we have got to acknowledge, and I hope the Secretary does, is we are doing away with private health_insurance premiums. (2016/01/17)
on health_insurance : When you are -- it's one thing to say I'm raising taxes, it's another thing to say that we are doing away with private health_insurance premiums. (2016/01/17)
on health_insurance : So, if I save you $10,000 in private health_insurance, and you pay a little bit more in taxes in total, there are huge savings in what your family is spending. (2016/01/17)
on insurance : And over the years, I have strongly supported instant background checks, doing away with this terrible gun show loophole. And I think we've got to move aggressively at the federal level in dealing with the straw man purchasers. Also I believe, and I've fought for, to understand that there are thousands of people in this country today who are suicidal, who are homicidal, but can't get the healthcare that they need, the mental healthcare, because they don't have insurance or they're too poor. I believe that everybody in this country who has a mental crisis has got to get mental health counseling immediately. (2015/10/13)
on insurance : My proposal, provide health_care to all people, get private insurance out of health_insurance, lower the cost of health_care for middle class families by 5,000 bucks. (2016/01/17)
on insurance : What this is really about is not the rational way to go forward -- it's Medicare for all -- it is whether we have the guts to stand up to the private insurance companies and all of their money, and the pharmaceutical industry. (2016/01/17)
on insurance : You know what it all comes down to? Do you know why we can't do what every other country -- major country on Earth is doing? It's because we have a campaign finance system that is corrupt, we have super PACs, we have the armaceutical industry pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into campaign contributions and lobbying, and the private insurance companies as well. (2016/01/17)
on medical : we are gonna have medical and family paid leave, like every other country on Earth. (2015/10/13)
on medical : she should stay home with that baby. We are the only major country. That is an international embarrassment that we do not provide family -- paid family and medical leave. (APPLAUSE) (2015/10/13)
on medical : as a right of citizenship and we should not be the only major country that does not provide medical and -- and parental leave -- family and parental leave to all of our families. Now, at the end of our day, here is the truth that very few candidates will say, is that nobody up here, (2015/10/13)
on Medicare : Republicans tell us we can't do anything except give tax breaks to billionaires and cut Social_Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. (2015/10/13)
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on Medicare : (LAUGHTER) Because what her campaign was saying -- Bernie Sanders, who has fought for universal health_care for my entire life, he wants to end Medicare, end Medicaid, end the children's health_insurance program. (2016/01/17)
on Medicare : What this is really about is not the rational way to go forward -- it's Medicare for all -- it is whether we have the guts to stand up to the private insurance companies and all of their money, and the pharmaceutical industry. (2016/01/17)
on Medicare : The leader of Goldman_Sachs is a billionaire who comes to Congress and tells us we should cut Social_Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. (2016/01/17)
on medicare : Secretary Clinton does know a lot about healthcare, and she understands, I believe, that a medicare for all, single payer program will substantially lower the cost of healthcare for middle class families. (2016/01/17)
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