Larry Sanders, the brother of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), jumped into the healthcare discussion Thursday with an Op-Ed published by The Guardian that calls the Affordable Care Act "inadequate."
"Obamacare, though an improvement, is an inadequate alternative [to a single-payer system]. It helps some people get insurance but it doesn't guarantee coverage: 20 million people have been able to get insurance; 30 million are still not covered for healthcare," he wrote.
Mr. Sanders, who serves as health spokesman for the Green Party of England and Wales, has lived in Britain since the late 1960s. He said the U.S. healthcare "system's failure is glaring," and that "the strangest thing about the debate over healthcare in the U.S. is that it is still going on."
Mr. Sanders lauds his brother's healthcare policies and compares Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton's views to Republican candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) because both do not support a single-payer system.
He wrote that much of what is wrong with the American system comes from private insurance, pharmaceutical prices and wasteful procedures. "It is hard to see a solution that is not a publicly financed, universal and not for profit," he wrote.
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