WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following press release:

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement after Yale University researchers released a new study finding that Sanders' Medicare for All (https://outreach.senate.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=SenSanders&crop=21244QQQ192678629QQQ14751608QQQ732707675&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.sanders.senate.gov%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2fTAM25280.pdf&redir_log=364297935289415) legislation would save 114,000 lives and reduce overall healthcare spending in America by more than $1 trillion a year.

"This study confirms what we have known for years: Medicare for...