Campaign: Bernie Sanders had heart attack, released from hospital

Campaign: Bernie Sanders had heart attack, released from hospital

LAS VEGAS — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders had a heart attack, his campaign confirmed Friday as the Vermont senator was released from a Nevada hospital.The 78-year-old was at a campaign event Tuesday when he experienced chest discomfort and was taken to a hospital where he was diagnosed with a heart attack.

Bernie Sanders has heart procedure, cancels campaign events

Bernie Sanders has heart procedure, cancels campaign events

WASHINGTON -- Bernie Sanders' campaign said Wednesday that the Democratic presidential candidate had a heart procedure for a blocked artery and was canceling events and appearances "until further notice."The 78-year-old Sanders experienced chest discomfort during an event Tuesday and sought medical evaluation, according to a campaign statement.

Democratic debate: Fiery exchanges over costs of health care

Democratic debate: Fiery exchanges over costs of health care

HOUSTON — The three leading Democratic presidential candidates clashed over health care, immigration and President Barack Obama's legacy on Thursday in a fierce debate that pitted an aggressive Joe Biden against liberal rivals Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders."This is America," said Biden, his party's early front-runner, before calling Sanders "a socialist." He later declared, "I stand with Barack Obama all eight years, good bad and indifferent."The top White House hopefuls faced off for the first time alongside seven other candidates who are under increasing pressure to break out of the pack.

Democratic debate: Top 2020 contenders finally on same stage

Democratic debate: Top 2020 contenders finally on same stage

HOUSTON — Progressive Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders will share the debate stage for the first time with establishment favorite Joe Biden Thursday night in a prime-time showdown displaying sharply opposing notions of electability in the party's presidential nomination fight.Biden's remarkably steady lead in the crowded contest is built upon the idea that the former vice president is best suited to defeat President Donald Trump next year — a contention based on ideology, experience and perhaps gender.

Bernie Sanders: Medicare for All means more taxes, better coverage

Bernie Sanders: Medicare for All means more taxes, better coverage

FLORENCE, S.C. — Health care was the focus of Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders' second day of campaigning in the critical early-voting state of South Carolina, where lack of Medicaid expansion has left thousands unable to obtain health coverage.The Vermont senator visited Florence on Friday for a town hall meeting on "Medicare for All ." His signature proposal, relaunched in the Senate earlier this year, would replace job-based and individual private health insurance with a government-run plan that guarantees coverage for all with no premiums, deductibles and only minimal copays for certain services."While this health care system is not working for working families, it is working for one group of people," Sanders told a crowd gathered in the afternoon sun at an outdoor amphitheater. "The function of a rational health care system is not to make billions for insurance companies and drug companies.

Bernie Sanders' criminal justice plan aims to cut prison population

Bernie Sanders' criminal justice plan aims to cut prison population

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is proposing a criminal justice overhaul that aims to cut the nation's prison population in half, end mandatory minimum sentencing, ban private prisons and legalize marijuana.

'Enough is enough:' 2020 Dems back gun limits after El Paso mass shooting

'Enough is enough:' 2020 Dems back gun limits after El Paso mass shooting

LAS VEGAS  — Democratic presidential candidates expressed outrage Saturday that mass shootings have become chillingly common nationwide and blamed the National Rifle Association and its congressional allies after a gunman opened fire at a shopping area near the Texas-Mexico border."It's not just today, it has happened several times this week.

Ben & Jerry's founders create new ice cream flavor in honor of Bernie Sanders

Ben & Jerry's founders create new ice cream flavor in honor of Bernie Sanders

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Ever wondered what wealth inequality tastes like?The founders of Ben & Jerry's claim to have the answer, and they've put it inside a new flavor called "Bernie's Back." The hot cinnamon ice cream includes "one very large chocolate disc on top and a (very stiff) butter toffee backbone going down the middle," according to Sanders' campaign website.Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, longtime supporters of U.S. Sen.

Despite calls to start over, US health system covers 90%

Despite calls to start over, US health system covers 90%

WASHINGTON — America's much-maligned health care system is covering 9 out of 10 people, a fact that hasn't stopped the 2020 presidential candidates from refighting battles about how to provide coverage, from Bernie Sanders' call for replacing private insurance with a government plan to President Donald Trump's pledge to erase the Affordable Care Act and start over.The politicians are depicting a system in meltdown.