Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is taking the stage in New Hampshire now, gained strong grassroots support during his 2016 anti-establishment bid for president. We expect to see the some of the progressive stances in his campaign this time around.
Here's where he stands on a few key issues:
- Health care: Sanders introduce a new Medicare for All proposal that would cover more long-term care services. He wants to create a federal universal health insurance program that would cover medically necessary services, prescription drugs, dental and vision services. Premiums, deductibles and co-pays would disappear, except for a potential $200 co-pay for brand-name drugs.
- Taxes and wealth inequality: He wants raise taxes on people making more than $250,000 to extend the health of Social Security by 52 years. He also wants to expand the federal estate tax on the wealthiest 0.2% of Americans, imposing a top rate of 77% on estates worth more than $1 billion.
- Education: Free college was one of Sanders' most recognized talking points in the 2016 campaign. One proposal would provide states with $47 billion per year to cover two-thirds of the cost of tuition for students at public colleges and universities.
- Climate change: Sanders, along with several other candidates for President in 2020, is a cosponsor of the Green New Deal proposal, a loose framework for a sweeping climate change and economic overhaul.
- Foreign policy: Last year, he won bipartisan support in calling for an end to military support for the Saudi-led offensive in Yemen.
You can watch his town hall in the video player above.