By skyforbes 
Bernie Sanders took Dana Bash’s loaded question about Medicaid and Medicare and flipped it to illustrate the need for Medicare for All.
Bernie Sanders flips Dana Bash’s false narrative.
Corporate media still treat the federal ledger as a morality play in which “entitlements” impoverish the nation. CNN’s State of the Union offered the latest script when Dana Bash pressed Bernie Sanders about “runaway” Medicare costs. Sanders refused to accept the premise. He calmly re-centered the audience on the real culprits: for-profit insurers, pharmaceutical monopolies, and a tax code engineered to protect wealth at the top.
First, the Vermont senator dismantled the myth that Social Security and Medicare are drains on the Treasury. Dedicated payroll contributions finance Social Security; Medicare Part A operates similarly, while Parts B and D rely on general revenue only because lawmakers choose not to lift revenue caps that shelter high earners. Trustees warn that without policy change, Social Security can still pay about 77 percent of…