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Bernie Sanders: “Insurance companies and drug companies are making huge…”

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

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Are you happy that we are paying twice as much per capita for health care, over $14,000 per person, than any other major country, and yet we have 85 million Americans who are uninsured or underinsured? Are you content with the fact that the Insurance companies and drug companies are making huge profits paying their CEOs exorbitant salaries. Are you happy with that? Are you happy that patients in America have to get on the phone and fight like crazy and deal with all kinds of bureaucrats in … (01:01–01:13)

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Asserts that health-related companies are highly profitable and pay high CEO salaries.

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