Bernie Sanders Revealed His Next Project — and He Wants to Work With Trump on It

The House GOP failed to pass a bill replacing the Affordable Care Act, despite controlling both the House and Senate. Enter Senator Bernie Sanders, an outspoken proponent of a single-payer healthcare system, who will introduce a "Medicare-for-all single-payer program" into Congress. On March 27, the former presidential candidate appeared on CNN's State of the Union with Dana Bash to discuss his proposal.

Speaking on the failures of both Obamacare and the GOP's unsuccessful proposal, Sanders maintained his support of a system that affords universal health care. "Ideally, where we should be going, is to join the rest of the industrialized world and guarantee health care to all people as a right," Sanders said. "That's why I am going to introduce a Medicare-for-all single-payer program. Short term, this is what we can do."

Sanders also conceded that he is willing to work with President Donald Trump on lowering the cost of pharmaceuticals, a campaign promise both made. "I've introduced legislation that would allow pharmacists and distributors to buy lower-cost medicine from around the world," Sanders said.

"President Trump, come on board. Let's work together," Sanders added later in the segment. "Let's end the absurdity of Americans paying by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs."

Sanders, a champion of the middle class, did not tread lightly on the failed American Health Care Act either. Describing it as a "disastrous piece of legislation," Sanders was blunt about the act's transparent motivations and said it was a bill "designed to provide $300 billion in tax breaks to the top two percent."

During a town hall in Hardwick, VT, on March 25, Sanders told the audience that he plans to introduce the single-payer bill within the coming weeks. "It is a common-sense proposal," Sanders said after the meeting. "I think once the American people understand it, we can go forward with it."