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      Sanders' Bipartisan Bill to Combat US Primary Care Crisis Passes Key Senate Panel

      The HELP Committee chair pledged to work with Senate leadership "in the coming weeks to move this bill forward and ensure that millions more Americans can get the healthcare they deserve."

      Jessica Corbett
      Sep 21, 2023

      U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chair Bernie Sanders celebrated on Thursday after the panel advanced his Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act, teeing up a possible full-chamber vote on the bill.

      "Everyone in America understands that our healthcare system is broken and getting worse," Sanders (I-Vt.) said in a statement. "Despite spending twice as much per capita as any other nation, millions of Americans are unable to access the primary care and dental care they desperately need and we have a massive shortage of doctors, nurses, dentists, and mental health professionals."

      "With today's passage of bipartisan legislation in the Senate HELP Committee, we are beginning to address that crisis," added the senator, a longtime advocate of Medicare for All. "I'm pleased this legislation passed with a strong bipartisan 14-7 vote."

      "I especially want to thank Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) for his hard work on this legislation," he said. "Together, we will work with Senate leadership in the coming weeks to move this bill forward and ensure that millions more Americans can get the healthcare they deserve."

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      Sanders Announces 'Historic' Bipartisan Bill to Confront US Primary Care Crisis

      "It is unacceptable that millions of Americans throughout our country do not have access to affordable, high-quality primary care and are unable to get the healthcare they need when they need it."

      Jake Johnson
      Sep 14, 2023

      After weeks of negotiations, Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Republican Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas announced Thursday that they have reached an agreement on a bill to confront the United States' primary care crisis, which has left millions of people across the nation without access to critical healthcare.

      Sanders, the chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, said in a statement that the new legislation marks a "historic" effort "to expand primary care and to reduce the massive shortage of nurses and primary care doctors in America."

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      Activists protest prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

      Sanders Vows to Oppose Biden Nominees Until More Action Is Taken to Cut Drug Prices

      "Politicians for years have talked about the high cost of prescription drugs, relatively little has been done, and it's time that we act decisively."

      Jake Johnson
      Jun 13, 2023

      Sen. Bernie Sanders pledged Monday to oppose all of President Joe Biden's health nominees until his administration takes more aggressive action to cut the costs of prescription drugs, which are often developed with the help of government money and scientists.

      In an interview with The Washington Post, Sanders (I-Vt.) said he "will oppose all nominations until we have a very clear strategy on the part of the government... as to how we're going to lower the outrageously high cost of prescription drugs."

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