Bernie Sanders: “50,000 people will die unnecessarily every single year.”

“15 million low income and working class Americans are going to lose their health insurance. Studies indicate that when you take away health insurance with so many people, you know what happens? 50,000 people will die unnecessarily every single year. 50,000 of our fellow Americans. And then on top of that, and people are now in Vermont and around the country getting their notices from insurance companies.” (00:22–00:29)

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