Sanders Introduces Single-Payer Bill

As the health reform debates heats up, Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a single-payer health reform bill, the American Health Security Act of 2009, in the U.S. Senate last week. According to Sanders, the new legislation — which would eliminate co-pays and deductibles and restore choice of physician for those who currently lack coverage — would save $400 billion on bureaucracy and be enough to cover all 46 million uninsured Americans. Read a copy of the bill.