U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn said Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ attack on Mayo Clinic is not only an assault on the health care system but on patient-centered medicine, free enterprise and southern Minnesota’s economy.
“The attack lodged by Bernie Sanders on The Mayo Clinic highlights the grave threat posed to patient-centered medicine by a Democrat Party bent on imposing socialized medicine on the American people,” said Hagedorn, whose district represents Mayo Clinic.
Hagedorn’s response comes a day after the PB reported on a tweet sent out by the Vermont senator on Friday in which he criticized Mayo for closing clinics in Midwestern rural areas.