In Nevada, where unions remain key power brokers in Democratic politics, Bernie Sanders' campaign priorities of being ambitiously pro-labor and prioritizing a 'Medicare for All' single-payer health insurance system are coming into stark conflict.
Sen. Bernie Sanders has pitched himself as the most ambitiously pro-labor candidate in the Democratic primary. He has also centered his campaign on the promise of passing and implementing a"Medicare for All" single-payer health insurance system.
But in Nevada, where unions remain key power brokers in Democratic politics, those priorities are coming into stark conflict -- and heightening divisions in the labor movement.Unions have been one of the most politically potent sources of opposition to Medicare for All throughout the 2020 Democratic campaign. The Vermont senator's rivals have repeatedly seized on labor's anxieties over a fundamental reordering of the country's health care system.
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