Campaigning in Iowa, Bernie Sanders lets supporters take center stage
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At a high school assembly in Northwood earlier that day, Sanders ditched the lectern-pounding and spread his philosophy with questions about fairness and equality. By the end, the style eroded some of 18-year-old Sarah McCormick's political apathy.
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A doctor who served the extremely impoverished told of his wife keeping her suffering silent until her colon cancer was fatal. She didn't want to worry him with medical bills.
An Iowa woman spoke of losing a pregnancy while waiting for insurance at a new job to kick in, and a medical debt payment plan that would mean monthly reminders for decades of her lost child and fertility. More stories followed and audience members consoled each other.
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It felt like we were speaking our own truth, she said.
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https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2019/09/25/bernie-sanders-medical-debt-health-care-premiums-youth-apathy-iowa-caucus-campaign/2430899001/