Bernie Sanders: “50,000 Americans will die unnecessarily every single year…”

“My friends. Studies suggest that 15 million people off of the health care they presently have, 50,000 Americans will die unnecessarily every single year [due to losing healthcare]. But that's not all. As a result of that same terrible piece of legislation, over 20 million Americans are going to see, on average, a doubling of their health insurance premiums through the Affordable Care Act.” (01:28–01:35)

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