… rich people can spend billions to elect candidates who represent their interests and defeat candidates who are fighting for the working class? We are moving in the wrong direction because Despite spending twice as much per capita as other countries do on health care, we remain the only major nation on earth not to guarantee health care to all as a human right. The insurance companies and the drug companies, they make huge profits while 85 million Americans are uninsured or underinsured. Now is the time to turn our country around. (01:44–01:59)
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Asserts that the U.S. spends twice as much per capita on health care but does not guarantee it as a human right.
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