Sanders rejects private insurance and pharma donoations.

Understand that this is, yet,  another example of  Leftist Democrats moving away from Barack Obama.  To be clear,  "ObamaCare" was insurance reform on a grand scale.  It was not healthcare reform.  

Literally millions of Americans (about 15 million) have policies under ObamaCare with 8,000 to 12,000 dollar deductibles,   meaning they have to spend their deductible caps before they can use ObamaCare.  In other words and for all practical purposes,  these folks have no insurance protections at all.  Add this humber to the 30 million folks who have no insurance coverage and you have the demonstratable illustration of a failed healthcare reform, i.e. "ObamaCare."  

Clearly, Barack was tied to the healthcare industry.  As a result,  his reform package was and is an utter failure.  Ten years later,  all Democrat candidates except Joe Biden,  is talking about expanding Medicare rather than saving ObamaCare.  Understand that Medicare is 47 trillion dollars.  The government is borrowing 40 cents on every dollar spent on ObamaCare/Medicare.  Adding to that debt is an impossible reality when measured in terms of sustainability.  

Sanders approach is markedly different.  Will his approach ring true as Sanders continues his campaign.  Will he be able to overcome a national repulsion against raising taxes to pay for his univeral medicare expansion plan?  Only time will tell.