Sanders Calls Hospital Campaign to Cut Medicare ‘Disgraceful,’ ‘Disturbing’ and ‘Indefensible’
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders today blasted the American Hospital Association for lobbying Congress to cut Medicare benefits by increasing the eligibility age from 65 to 67. The senator also criticized the hospital lobby for advocating a big jump – from 25 percent to 35 percent – in what Medicare patients pay for each visit to a doctor. “I find it disgraceful that the