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Bernie Sanders: “Half a million people go bankrupt in this country because of…”

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

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Bernie: The Podcast | Episode 6 - Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Published | Video Starts at 39:18

You have to take your kid out of school, find another school to put that kid in. What's happening to your parents? You talked about your dad becoming ill, bills piling up. Half a million people go bankrupt in this country because of medically related bills. Well, my family had that stress. So here was my father who came from Poland to America at the age of 17 without a nickel in his pocket. Okay. (39:18–39:22)

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Asserts that 500,000 people in the U.S. face bankruptcy due to medical bills.

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