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Abdul El-Sayed: “We're not going to pay for it in the form of $225 billion in…”

Featuring: Abdul El-Sayed, Podcast Host, America Dissected | National

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Michigan Matters: Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed on the issues

Published | Video Starts at 04:41

We're not paying for that army of billers to figure out how to allow doctors and health insurance to crosstalk. And guess what? We're not going to pay for it in the form of $225 billion in medical debt, which is what we hold in this country right now. This will be cheaper, more durable and without the pain or the worry about I can't see a doctor, which is too much of an issue for too many people in this country. (04:41–04:47)

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Asserts the current amount of medical debt in the U.S. is $225 billion.

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