The issue focused on Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' proposals for Medicare-for-all, which are in line with the views of the majority of the public but would require legislation to be approved by Congress and then signed into law by the President.


The online petition closed on Sunday afternoon and was raised in the early hours of Monday morning by students and even members of the public who said they could no longer abide the policy.


'It's all well and good that we want to make certain that