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Bernie Sanders: “85 million Americans are uninsured or underinsured.”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Sen. Bernie Sanders | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #635

Published | Video Starts at 09:21

So the issue here is, why is the wealthiest nation on earth, the United States of America, the only major country not to guarantee health care to all people? Okay. That, to me, is a fundamental issue. So today, despite spending so much money, 85 million Americans are uninsured or underinsured. And if Trump gets his way and throws another 15 million people off of Medicaid, raise that number to roughly 100 million. Okay. (09:21–09:26)

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Asserts that 85 million Americans lack adequate health insurance.

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