Robert Reich: Bernie Points the Nation to a Better Future—Democrats Should Get on Board @alternet

Robert Reich: Bernie Points the Nation to a Better Future—Democrats Should Get on Board @alternet: The time has come to embrace Medicare for All. Senator Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Jeff Merkley, are introducing a Medicare For All bill in the Senate. It’s a model for where this nation needs to be headed.Some background: American spending on health care per person is more than twice the average in the world’s 35 advanced economies. Yet Americans are sicker, our lives are shorter, and we have more chronic illnesses than in any other advanced nation.