Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized eight Senate Democrats who voted with Republicans to advance a continuing resolution that he says will raise healthcare premiums for millions.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., criticized the eight Senate Democrats who joined Republicans in voting to advance a continuing resolution during the procedural vote in the U.S. Senate on Sunday.
Sanders called the move „a very, very bad vote“ in a video posted to his X account.
„Tonight, 8 Democrats voted with the Republicans to allow them to go forward on this continuing resolution“, Sanders said. „And to my mind, this was a very, very bad vote.“
The continuing resolution was originally designed to temporarily fund the federal government and avert a shutdown but, according to Sanders, it contained provisions or omissions that would raise healthcare premiums, set the stage for Medicaid cuts and benefit high-income earners through tax changes.
Sanders argued the measure „raises healthcare premiums for over 20 million Americans by doubling, and in some cases tripling or quadrupling them.“ He continued, „People can’t afford that when we are already paying the highest prices in the world for healthcare.
