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Bernie Sanders flips Dana Bash’s false narrative about national debt and Medicare cuts. [1]
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Date: 2025-06-12
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CNN’s Dana Bash tried to fold Medicare into the “runaway national debt” story. Still, Senator Bernie Sanders immediately flipped the script, reminding viewers that profiteering insurers and tax giveaways—not earned-benefit programs—drive red ink.
Sanders rebuts Bash’s claim that Medicare drives the debt, highlighting how private insurers siphon billions in profits.
Medicare Advantage overpayments alone drain approximately $83 billion annually from taxpayers.
from taxpayers. U.S. per-capita health-care spending hit $14,423 in 2023—far above any peer nation.
in 2023—far above any peer nation. OECD data confirm the United States still spends about twice the rich-country average for worse outcomes.
the rich-country average for worse outcomes. Scrapping the payroll-tax cap or extending it to earnings above $250k would close most of Social Security’s gap and strengthen Medicare financing.
Sanders’ pushback exposes a tired media frame: deficits grow not because working families receive health care and retirement security, but because Congress lets the wealthy and large corporations dodge taxes while subsidizing private insurers.
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