Bernie Sanders: “Despite spending over $15,000 per capita a year on health…”

“Health care is something that every person in this room, every person in Maine and in Vermont around this country needs. We're all going to need health care today in America. Despite spending over $15,000 per capita a year on health care, we have 85 million Americans who are uninsured or underinsured. We spend twice as much as other countries. Tens of millions are uninsured or uninsured. And you know what that means?” (07:32–07:48)

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