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Bernie Sanders: “The legislation that I've introduced is a four year…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Bernie Sanders discusses why he's backing El-Sayed

Published | Video Starts at 02:26

How much longer after that would you say it would take to find the money that was perhaps saved from all of those savings to do the work that you and Abdul Al said are talking about? Well, The legislation that I've introduced is a four year transition period. We take Medicare eligibility from 65 down to 55. 55. We bring all children into the program and we expand Medicare to cover dental, hearing and vision. And then the next year we lower it from 55 to 45, then 45 to 35. (02:26–02:39)

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Asserts that Bernie Sanders introduced legislation for a four-year transition to expand Medicare eligibility.

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