Trump calls Sanders single-payer plan a ‘curse on the US’

President Trump on Thursday called Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) “Medicare for all” plan a “curse on the U.S.”

“Bernie Sanders is pushing hard for a single payer healthcare plan – a curse on the U.S. & its people,” Trump tweeted. 

“I told Republicans to approve healthcare fast or this would happen. But don’t worry, I will veto because I love our country & its people.”

Bernie Sanders is pushing hard for a single payer healthcare plan – a curse on the U.S. & its people…

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 14, 2017

…I told Republicans to approve healthcare fast or this would happen. But don’t worry, I will veto because I love our country & its people.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 14, 2017

Sanders introduced his bill Wednesday with the support of 16 Senate Democrats, more support than he’s ever received for single-payer bills he has proposed in the past. 

{mosads}Trump said he would veto the bill, but it has virtually no chance of passing the Republican-controlled Congress. 

The bill would extend Medicare to every U.S. citizen and get rid of employer insurance plans. 

A similar bill in the House has the support of more than half of the Democratic Caucus. 

Still, Democrats are far from united on single-payer health care. 

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) have both declined to endorse the plan.