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Bernie Sanders: “In the early 70s, Canada said the same thing [about…”

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

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Who Owns America? Bernie Sanders Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

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Healthcare is a human right. I don't care if you're rich, you're poor, you're young or old, you go to the doctor, you don't take out your wallet. In the early 70s, Canada said the same thing [about healthcare being a human right]. all over the world. That could be a law signed tomorrow by the president. Of the United. And think, Trevor, for a moment what that would mean. (1:00:36–1:00:39)

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Asserts that Canada declared healthcare a human right in the early 1970s.

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