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      Bernie Sanders Raises Over $3.3 Million From 120,000 Small Donors in Just 10 Hours

      Bernie Sanders Raises Over $3.3 Million From 120,000 Small Donors in Just 10 Hours

      As one mainstream political observer noted, that's "pretty damn good."

      Jon Queally
      Feb 18, 2019

      Update (9:30 AM ET 2/20/19): 'Unprecedented': Bernie Sanders Campaign Says It Raised $6 Million From 225,000 Donors in First 24 Hours

      In the 24 hours since Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont announced his 2020 run for president, his campaign on Wednesday morning reports that they were able to raise nearly $6 million from 225,000 individual donors across all 50 states.

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      "Economic Analysis of the Medicare for All Act of 2017" Unveiled at Sanders Institute Gathering

      Sanders Institute Fellows Michael Lighty and Robert Pollin answer the question on everyone's mind about Medicare for All: How do we pay for it? From a gathering of progressives to the halls of Congress, they are offering a deep dive into the economics of guaranteeing universal health care through a single payer system.

      Newswire Editor
      Feb 06, 2019

      Sanders Institute Fellows Michael Lighty and Robert Pollin answer the question on everyone's mind about Medicare for All: How do we pay for it? From a gathering of progressives to the halls of Congress, they are offering a deep dive into the economics of guaranteeing universal health care through a single payer system.

      When the Sanders Institute Gathering brought global leaders together to discuss progressive solutions to the most urgent issues of our time, Lighty and Pollin led a discussion, entitled "Medicare for All: How Do We Pay For It?" of Pollin's independent in-depth research study conducted by the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI). Last week, Lighty and Pollin followed up by presenting their study at the Democratic Senators Annual Issues Conference.
      The summary and full study are available on the PERI website and the Sanders Institute website. Peer-reviewed by a group of eminent experts on economics and health care, individual reviewer assessments can also be found on the PERI website. One reviewer, Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University, wrote "This study is the most comprehensive, detailed, authoritative study ever undertaken of Medicare for All, and it points powerfully and unassailably in support of Medicare for All."
      Pollin and his PERI co-authors - James Heintz, Peter Arno, Jeannette Wicks-Lim and Michael Ash - show how, under Medicare for All, every resident of the U.S. can be guaranteed good-quality health care, while the system operates at an overall cost that is nearly 10% less than our current system.
      Under the current U.S. system, which absorbs 18% of U.S. GDP, nearly 30 million people remain uninsured and another 40 million are underinsured. This means that they forgo necessary treatments because they cannot afford to pay for them, despite the fact that they do have health insurance.

      In September 2017, Michael Lighty and RoseAnn DeMoro of National Nurses United proposed to Robert Pollin that the study be rigorously reviewed by a group of distinguished experts in the relevant fields. In the report, the economists outline seven major aspects of transforming the U.S. healthcare system, detailing step-by-step the actions needed to achieve truly universal health care, and its potential impacts on individuals, families, businesses and government.

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      Critics Say Howard Schultz "Seriously Considering" 2020 Run Shows He's Not Qualified for Position

      Critics Say Howard Schultz "Seriously Considering" 2020 Run Shows He's Not Qualified for Position

      "If Howard Schultz were 'seriously thinking' about an independent run for president," quipped Larry Sabato, "he would have abandoned the idea already."

      Jon Queally
      Jan 27, 2019

      The announcement by Howard Schultz on Sunday that he is "seriously considering" a 2020 run for president was proof enough for some critics that the billionaire, former CEO of Starbucks, and self-described "independent centrist" is definitely not qualified for the position.

      In messages on social media and an interview on 60 Minutes, Schultz announced his consideration while also championing a new memoir and launching a three-month book tour to promote it alongside his political ideas. Among those ideological positions is his belief that while it's possible and good to build a global business empire in order to provide people around the world with subjectively "delicious" and "overpriced" coffee it remains impossible, as he argued on 60 Minutes, to improve and expand Medicare so that every single American is covered.

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