BLUMENTHAL JOINS SANDERS, COLLEAGUES, ADVOCATES TO INTRODUCE MEDICARE-FOR-ALL
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"Here are a couple of simple truths," said Blumenthal. "Number one: healthcare should be a right, not a luxury. Number two: Medicare works...It works for millions of Americans my age who remember what it was like historically...before there was Medicare. Medicare was a tremendous historic advance, and today we say to everybody, no matter what your age, how much you make, where you live, should have those same rights."
Blumenthal and Sanders were joined at the press conference by supporters and healthcare advocates including
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Video of Blumenthal's remarks is available at: https://s3.amazonaws.com/sdmc-media.senate.gov/BLUMENTHAL/091317BLUMENTHAL10WEBHD.mp4, and transcribed below.
"Here are a couple of simple truths. Number one: healthcare should be a right, not a luxury. Number two: Medicare works...It works for millions of Americans my age who remember what it was like historically...before there was Medicare. Medicare was a tremendous historic advance, and today we say to everybody, no matter what your age, how much you make, where you live, should have those same rights.
"The fact is, there's nothing novel or original about this idea. In fact, every nominee for the President of
"I'm going to have hearings around the state of Connecticut...and I'm going to give people in
"Here's another basic truth: cancer doesn't choose red states or blue states. It doesn't pick people according to their party registration at the polls. It is an equal opportunity killer. Disease doesn't discriminate.
"I want to single out two groups of people. Number one: the women of America. They have been denied healthcare for too long because of restrictions like the Hyde Amendment. Consider the Hyde Amendment history if we pass Medicare for All. And all those other restrictions on reproductive rights. And to our colleague who talk a lot about the opioid epidemic: there are millions of Americans who will be awake tonight worrying about their spouses, their children, their loved ones, their friends, their coworkers, who need and deserve treatment, and they won't get it now. They will under Medicare for All. They need it, they deserve it. Healthcare should be a right, not a luxury. Access to this basic right is as American as our flag. We are the greatest country in the history of the world. We owe it to ourselves and our children to make sure we have Medicare for All."
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