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Jessica Corbett

MYSTERIOUS: Sanders healthcare is a human right - You Need To See This

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, questions Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Shalanda Young during a hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 30, 2022 in Washington, DC. Young is testifying on President Biden's budget request for fiscal Year 2023. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Just a day after a panel in the U.S. House of Representatives met to discuss universal healthcare legislation, Senate Budget Committee Chair Bernie Sanders announced that he plans to hold a Medicare for All hearing this May.

"I'm happy to inform members of this committee that in early May we will be having a hearing—right here, in this committee—on the need to pass a Medicare for All single-payer program," Sanders (I-Vt.) said during a meeting on President Joe Biden's latest budget proposal.

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