The goal of real healthcare reform must be high-quality, universal coverage in a cost-effective way.

Health care in Denmark is universal, free of charge and high quality. Everybody is covered as a right of citizenship.

As a single-payer advocate, I believe that at the end of the day, if a state goes forward and passed an effective single-payer program, it will demonstrate that you can provide quality health care to every man, woman and child in a more cost-effective way.

If we are serious about moving toward energy independence in a cost-effective way, we should invest in solar energy. If we are serious about cutting air and water pollution and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, we should invest in solar energy.

Danes pay very high taxes, but in return enjoy a quality of life that many Americans would find hard to believe.

Democratic socialism means that we must reform a political system that is corrupt, that we must create an economy that works for all, not just the very wealthy.