“We obviously think it’s a total and complete joke, quite frankly. You know if Bernie Sanders is a self-proclaimed socialist— he is— is proposing a deceptively named Medicare for All, it actually hurts seniors, it would eliminate private health insurance for 180 million Americans. Obviously, it would cripple our economy, saddle us with unprecedented debt.”

– White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley, on the Democrats’ plans to socialize medicine in the United States.