Sanders on 1993 Health Initiative

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Clinton Library release was a briefing on Sanders when he met with HRC. Here is some information on him still advocating for a state-based single payer plan back then. *SANDERS PROPOSED A SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM ADMINISTERED AT THE STATE LEVEL IN 1993* *1993: Sanders Was An Original Co-Sponsor Of American Health Security Act Of 1993, Which Established A State-Based Single-Payer Health Care System. *"American Health Security Act of 1993 - Title I: Establishment of a State-Based American Health Security Program; Universal Entitlement; Enrollment - Establishes in the United States an American Health Security Program (AHSP) to be administered by the States (including the District of Columbia and, if they so choose, U.S. territories) in accordance with Federal standards established under this Act. Requires a State to establish a State health security program (program) in accordance with this Act to receive Federal health care funding." [HR 1200, introduced 3/3/93 <https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/1200/cosponsors>] · *HR 1200 Included 4 Percent Tax Increase In Top Corporate Income Tax Rate, From 34 Percent To 38 Percent. *“(a) Increase in Top Corporate Income Tax Rate.--Subparagraph (C) of section 1(b)(1) (relating to tax imposed on corporations) is amended by striking ‘34 percent’ and inserting ‘38 percent.’” [HR 1200, Sec 811 <https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/1200/text>] · *HR 1200 Increased Income Tax On Joint Incomes Under $38,000 To 15 Percent. *“(b) Increase in Individual Income Taxes.--Section 1 (relating to tax imposed) as amended by striking subsections (a) through (e) and inserting the following: ‘(a) Married Individuals Filing Joint Returns and Surviving Spouses.--There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of-- ‘(1) every married individual (as defined in section 7703) who makes a single return jointly with his spouse under section 6013, and ‘(2) every surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)), a tax determined in accordance with the following table: ‘If taxable income is: Not over $38,000...............The tax is: 15% of taxable income.” [HR 1200, Sec 811 <https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/1200/text>] · *HR 1200 Increased Income Tax On Joint Incomes Between $38,000 And $91,900 To 31 Percent. *“Increase “(b) Increase in Individual Income Taxes.--Section 1 (relating to tax imposed) as amended by striking subsections (a) through (e) and inserting the following: ‘(a) Married Individuals Filing Joint Returns and Surviving Spouses.--There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of-- ‘(1) every married individual (as defined in section 7703) who makes a single return jointly with his spouse under section 6013, and ‘(2) every surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)), a tax determined in accordance with the following table: ‘If taxable income is: […] Over $38,000 but not over $91,900. $5,700, plus 31% of the excess over $38,000. [HR 1200, Sec 811 <https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/1200/text>] · *HR 1200 Increased Income Tax On Joint Incomes Between $91,900 And $200,000 To 34 Percent.* “(b) Increase in Individual Income Taxes.--Section 1 (relating to tax imposed) as amended by striking subsections (a) through (e) and inserting the following: ‘(a) Married Individuals Filing Joint Returns and Surviving Spouses.--There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of-- ‘(1) every married individual (as defined in section 7703) who makes a single return jointly with his spouse under section 6013, and ‘(2) every surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)), a tax determined in accordance with the following table: ‘If taxable income is: […] Over $91,900 but not over $200,000. $22,409, plus 34% of the excess over $91,900. [HR 1200, Sec 811 <https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/1200/text>] · *HR 1200 Increased Income Tax On Joint Incomes Over $200,000 To 38 Percent.* “(b) Increase in Individual Income Taxes.--Section 1 (relating to tax imposed) as amended by striking subsections (a) through (e) and inserting the following: ‘(a) Married Individuals Filing Joint Returns and Surviving Spouses.--There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of-- ‘(1) every married individual (as defined in section 7703) who makes a single return jointly with his spouse under section 6013, and ‘(2) every surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)), a tax determined in accordance with the following table: ‘If taxable income is: […] Over $200,000.................. $59,163, plus 38% of the excess over $200,000. [HR 1200, Sec 811 <https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/1200/text>] · *HR 1200 Included A 7.5 Percent Premium.* “SEC. 59B. IMPOSITION OF PREMIUM. (a) General Rule.--In the case of an individual—“(1) the amount of the tax imposed under section 1 for such taxable year shall be increased by 7.5 percent of the tax imposed under section 1 for such taxable year (determined without regard to this paragraph and section 59C), and “(2) the amount of the tentative minimum tax determined under section 55 for such taxable year shall be increased by 7.5 percent of the amount of the tentative minimum tax for such taxable year (determined without regard to this paragraph and 59D).” [HR 1200, Sec 813 <https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/1200/text>] · *HR 1200 Included An Additional 10% Tax For Incomes Over $1,000,000.* “SEC. 59C. SURTAX ON SECTION 1 TAX. In the case of an individual who has taxable income for the taxable year in excess of $1,000,000, the amount of the tax imposed under section 1 for such taxable year shall be increased by 10 percent of the amount which bears the same ratio to the tax imposed under section 1 (determined without regard to this section and section 59B) as-- (1) the amount by which the taxable income of such individual for such taxable year exceeds $1,000,000, bears to (2) the total amount of such individual's taxable income for such taxable year.” [HR 1200, Sec 814 <https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/1200/text>] · *HR 1200 Imposed An Excise Tax Of 7.9 Percent Of Wages On Employers.* “(a) Increase in Employer Hospital Insurance Tax; Repeal of Dollar Limitation on Amount of Wages Subject to Employee and Employer Hospital Insurance Taxes.—[…] (2) Employer tax.--Subsection (b) of section 3111 is amended by striking ``equal to'' and all that follows and inserting ``equal to 7.9 percent of the wages (as defined in section 3121(a) without regard to paragraph (1) thereof) paid by him with respect to employment (as defined in section 3121(b))” [HR 1200, Sec 821 <https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/1200/text>] · *HR 1200 Modified A Number Of Other Tax Code Provisions. * “Sec. 821. Modifications of certain employment tax provisions. Subtitle D--Other Revenue Increases Primarily Affecting Individuals Sec. 831. Overall limitation on itemized deductions for high-income taxpayers made permanent. Sec. 832. Phaseout of personal exemption of high-income taxpayers made permanent. Sec. 833. Modifications to deductions for certain moving expenses. Sec. 834. Top estate and gift tax rates made permanent. Sec. 835. Elimination of deduction for club membership fees. Sec. 836. Increase of Social Security benefits included in income. Sec. 837. Long-term health care premium for the elderly.” [HR 1200, introduced 12/17/93 <https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/1200/text>] *1993: Sanders Called On Clinton To Pass A Single-Payer, State-Administered National Health Care System. *“The following are some immediate measures that President Clinton should fight for in Congress: [...] (3) A single-payer, state-administered national health that guarantees comprehensive health care to all. It is absurd to be talking about spending tens of billions more on health care when we already spend far more per capita than any other nation. If the Canadians can provide high-quality health care for all their people, at considerably less cost per capita, we can do so as well.” [Sanders floor remarks, 6/15/93] *1993: Bernie Sanders: "[President Bill] Clinton Must Acknowledge That He Cannon Please The Insurance Company Executives If He Truly Wants To Provide Comprehensive Health Care For All Without Increasing Costs.” *“Third, he must fight for a single-payer, state-administered national health care system that guarantees comprehensive health care to all Americans. Clinton must acknowledge that he cannon please the insurance company executives if he truly wants to provide comprehensive health care for all without increasing costs.” [Bernie Sanders, Vermont Times, 6/24/93] *The Day After President Clinton’s Health Care Speech Before Congress, Sanders Advocated For A Single-Payer Health Care System.* “Every person in this room–every person here–agrees that universal comprehensive health care, as the President indicated, is what we must strive for. But it is our belief, and my belief, that the only way in which we are going to provide high-quality, comprehensive health care to every man, woman, and child in this country is through a simple system: the Canadian single-payer system.” [C-SPAN, 9/23/93 <http://www.c-span.org/video/?50718-1/presidential-health-care-proposal>, 7:14] *Sanders Said A Single-Payer System Would Offer “Quality Care” And “Freedom Of Choice” Without Spending More On Health Care.* “It seems to me that the way that we can really save significant amounts of money is to stand up to the pharmaceutical industry, and only a single-payer system can do that. To eliminate the 1500 private insurance companies that are costing us some $80 or $90 billion a year in administrative waste. To finally tell some physicians that they cannot make all of the money that they like. And if we do that through a single-payer system, through a simple system which gives a little card to every person, allows them to go to any doctor they want, complete freedom of choice, any hospital that they want–In my view, and I think the views of all of us, we can provide quality care, freedom of choice, to every man, woman, and child in this country without spending a penny more than the $900 billion a year we’re spending.” [C-SPAN, 9/23/93 <http://www.c-span.org/video/?50718-1/presidential-health-care-proposal>, 8:04] *SANDERS WAS CRITICAL OF THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION’S HEALTH REFORM EFFORTS * *Bernie Sanders On Health Reform: “I Disagreed With Clinton’s Plan, It Was Too Complicated, Too Cumbersome.” *“Mr. Speaker, not only are real wages going down. There is another crisis that, certainly, this Congress is not dealing with, and in fact is making a very bad situation worse. That is that one-third of all Americans do not have adequate medical insurance, and the number is growing. Two years ago in this House, we dealt with that goal. I disagreed with Clinton’s plan, it was too complicated, too cumbersome, but at least he had a vision that said that every man, woman, and child in America should have health insurance. Now that that debate is over, the situation which was bad then is worse today. More Americans lack health care than was the case a few years ago. More Americans have inadequate health insurance, large deductibles, large copayments than was the case several years ago.” [Rep. Sanders floor remarks, 11/13/95] *Bernie Sanders: "[President Bill] Clinton Must Acknowledge That He Cannon Please The Insurance Company Executives If He Truly Wants To Provide Comprehensive Health Care For All Without Increasing Costs.” *“Third, he must fight for a single-payer, state-administered national health care system that guarantees comprehensive health care to all Americans. Clinton must acknowledge that he cannon please the insurance company executives if he truly wants to provide comprehensive health care for all without increasing costs.” [Bernie Sanders, Vermont Times, 6/24/93] *Bernie Sanders On President Bill Clinton’s Health Care Proposal: “[President Bill Clinton] Deserves An Enormous Amount Of Credit For Finally Raising This Issue Of The Crisis In Health Care And The Disintegration Of Our Health Care System To The Level That It Deserves To Be Raised.”* “REPORTER: Congressman, you heard the President what did you think? SANDERS: Well, I think the president did an excellent job defining the problems and he deserves an enormous amount of credit for finally raising this issue of the crisis in health care and the disintegration of our health care system to the level that it deserves to be raised.” [CSPAN, 9/22/93 <http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4545278/rep-bernie-sanders-lot-learn-others-health-care> ] *Bernie Sanders: “[President Bill Clinton’s Health Care] Proposal… Gives An Enormous Amount Of Responsibility And Power To The Largest Insurance Companies In America.” *“SANDERS: And most importantly, unfortunately the President’s [health care] proposal still gives an enormous amount of responsibility and power to the largest insurance companies in America. I myself personally don’t believe that you’re going to have a cost effective system which is going to be run as the President’s plan proposes by very, very large insurance companies.” [CSPAN,9/22/93 <http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4545278/rep-bernie-sanders-lot-learn-others-health-care> ] *Bernie Sanders Met With Hillary Clinton To Advocate For Single-Payer Health Care While She Was Chair To The Clinton Administration’s Task Force On National Health Care Reform.* “One of Bill Clinton’s first acts in office in January of 1993 was to appoint his wife to chair the administration’s Task Force on National Health Care Reform. Sanders had convened his own, much-smaller task force pushing single-payer health care for Vermont, and he began trying to pull Hillary Clinton in that direction. In February, Sanders requested a meeting with Hillary, ‘to bring in two Harvard Medical School physicians who have written on the Canadian system,’ according to the records of the administration’s task force. Those physicians were Stephanie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein, leading advocates for single-payer health care.” [Politico, 6/17/15 <http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-119082> ] *Hillary Clinton At Bernie Sanders Meeting On Single-Payer Health Care System: “You Make A Convincing Case, But Is There Any Force On The Face Of The Earth That Could Counter The Hundreds Of Millions Of The Dollars The Insurance Industry Would Spend Fighting That?”* “In February, Sanders requested a meeting with Hillary, ‘to bring in two Harvard Medical School physicians who have written on the Canadian system,’ according to the records of the administration’s task force. Those physicians were Stephanie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein, leading advocates for single-payer health care. They got their meeting at the White House that month, and the two doctors laid out the case for single-payer to the first lady. ‘She said, ‘You make a convincing case, but is there any force on the face of the earth that could counter the hundreds of millions of the dollars the insurance industry would spend fighting that?’’ recalled Himmelstein. ‘And I said, ‘How about the president of the United States actually leading the American people?’ and she said, ‘Tell me something real.’” [Politico, 6/17/15 <http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-119082> ] *Bernie Sanders, In A Meeting With President Bill Clinton, Urged Him To “Get Out Into The Country More To Sell His [Health Care] Plan Himself Rather Than Letting The Press Define It.”* “On the eve of the trip, Sanders scored a meeting with the president in Washington. The task force’s record of the meeting speaks to the complexity of his relationship to the Clintons. ‘Accounts were that it was cordial, focusing more on process than substance. He urged the President to get out into the country more to sell his [health care] plan himself rather than letting the press define it. Given the sensitivities within the delegation, the Senators may be somewhat jealous of this meeting. In addition, there have been reports that the Congressman will be participating in an event on Saturday critical of both the welfare and health care reform efforts of the Administration.’” [Politico, 6/17/15 <http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-119082> ]