In 2009, UnitedHealth, a leading insurance company, paid $350 million to settle lawsuits brought by the American Medical Association and other physician groups for shortchanging consumers and physicians for medical services outside its preferred network. -Bernie Sanders Medical
Of course the Republicans have long wanted to privatize Social Security and destroy it. But Social Security has been the most important and valuable social program in the history of the United States. -Bernie Sanders History
What being a socialist means is... that you hold out... a vision of society where poverty is absolutely unnecessary, where international relations are not based on greed... but on cooperation... where human beings can own the means of production and work together rather than having to work as semi-slaves to other people who can hire and fire. -Bernie Sanders Work
I see a future where states compete with one another to see which can be the most efficient, and where businesses seek out efficient states in which to locate so they can reap the economic and environmental benefits for their businesses and employees. -Bernie Sanders Environmental
Health care in Denmark is universal, free of charge and high quality. Everybody is covered as a right of citizenship. -Bernie Sanders Health
Today the biggest problem in caring for those with AIDS is no longer mainly a medical or scientific problem. The crisis is access to affordable drugs. -Bernie Sanders Medical
Any objective observer will conclude that - based on her ideas and her leadership - Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States. -Bernie Sanders Leadership
These are the same people who believe, in some cases, the federal government should not play any role in providing health care to our people or protecting the environment. -Bernie Sanders Government
Clinton understands that climate change is real, is caused by human activity and is one of the great environmental crises facing our planet. She knows that we must transform our energy system away from fossil fuels and move aggressively to energy efficiency and sustainable energy. -Bernie Sanders Environmental
The history of American democracy, to say the least, has been checkered. Our nation was founded at a time when people of African descent were held in bondage. After slavery was abolished, they were forced to endure legal discrimination for another 100 years. -Bernie Sanders Legal
Election days come and go. But the struggle of the people to create a government which represents all of us and not just the one percent - a government based on the principles of economic, social, racial and environmental justice - that struggle continues. -Bernie Sanders Environmental
At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy. -Bernie Sanders Politics
We still have people in the active duty, and if people are feeling ill, if they're experiencing various symptoms and they're still in the active duty, they're less likely to come forward because that could result in their medical discharge. -Bernie Sanders Medical
What being a socialist means is... that you hold out... a vision of society where poverty is absolutely unnecessary, where international relations are not based on greed... but on cooperation... where human beings can own the means of production and work together rather than having to work as semi-slaves to other people who can hire and fire. -Bernie Sanders Society
Finally, let us understand that when we stand together, we will always win. When men and women stand together for justice, we win. When black, white and Hispanic people stand together for justice, we win. -Bernie Sanders Women
People don't trust private health insurance companies for all the right reasons. -Bernie Sanders Trust
For too long, unfunded federal mandates have drained the budgets of states and communities. The strength and vitality of our communities must be restored. -Bernie Sanders Strength
Let us wage a moral and political war against the billionaires and corporate leaders, on Wall Street and elsewhere, whose policies and greed are destroying the middle class of America. -Bernie Sanders War
If the goal of health-care reform is to provide comprehensive, universal health care in a cost-effective way, the only honest approach is a single-payer approach. -Bernie Sanders Health
