Bernie has advocated during his political career for nationalization of health care, energy sector, banks, utilities, drug companies and "major industries". The

Bernie has advocated during his political career for nationalization of health care, energy sector, banks, utilities, drug companies and "major industries". There doesn't seem to be any limiting principle for Sanders re: the proper role for the national government so I see no reason to believe that he thinks any differently about these things now than in the past. He even brags about his consistency of beliefs over time. https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/14/politics/kfile-bernie-nationalization/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/14/politics/kfile-bernie-nationa... Regarding Social Security and Medicare, the fact that those programs as constructed are not financially sound is well known and health insurance as well as public retirement plans don't have to be national programs. There is no reason that states couldn't fund those programs if they so choose. The advantage of having those programs at the state level is that it introduces competition. People can vote with their feet and move to states that provide a better mix of taxes/services.