Bernie refuses to put a price on his liberal wish-list: “You don’t start off by coming up with a sum and working down"

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Sanders pushes Medicare expansion in Dems’ next big bill

The Vermont Independent wants to force Medicare negotiations with drug companies and use that revenue to pay for a broader program.

www.politico.com

it comes right at the end of the article:

"But as far as a total sum of how much new spending Sanders would like to see, the gruff Vermonter demurred on Friday. He said he doesn’t want to just pick a target; he wants to check off as much as can be done to help people across the country and then figure out just how much that would cost.

“You don’t start off by coming up with a sum and working down. You start out by looking at the needs that need to be addressed and adding them up,” he said."