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Bernie Sanders: “Health care is a human right.”

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

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Republicans have nothing serious to say about the health care crisis.

Published | Video Starts at 00:44

My view is that we should get rid of the private insurance companies, expand Medicare, cover dental, hearing and vision and over a four year period make sure that everybody in America has. Health care is a human right. That is by no means what Trump is talking about. He's talking about giving people $1,000 or $2,000 when you know if you end up in a hospital, you're going … (00:44–00:47)

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Asserts that health care should be considered a human right.

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