Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Trump calls Sanders’ single-payer plan ‘a curse on the U.S.’

President Donald Trump panned Sen. Bernie Sanders' single-payer health care plan, dramatically calling it a "curse" on Americans.

"Bernie Sanders is pushing hard for a single payer healthcare plan - a curse on the U.S. & its people," Trump tweeted Thursday afternoon. "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."


Sanders introduced this week his Medicare for All legislation, which drew support from a number of liberals, including high-profile 2020 contenders. But most of the Democratic Party’s congressional leaders and vulnerable Senate incumbents steered clear of the bill.

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Trump has continued to push to repeal and replace Obamacare, even after Republicans have spent months trying and failing to pass such legislation. He also faces an end-of-September deadline to pass a health care reform package through the Senate by a simple majority.