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Bernie Sanders: “Insurance Companies charge you 10 times more [for] the same…”

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

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LIVE_ Bernie Sanders on the Dangers of Our For-Profit Health Care System

Published | Video Starts at 00:12

Is the current health care system is working extremely well. It's doing exactly what it is supposed to do for the people who own the system. So Insurance Companies charge you 10 times more [for] the same exact drug as they'll charge Canadians or Europeans. People in Japan. Fine. They're making record breaking profits. What's the problem? The insurance companies make huge profits. Pay their CEOs 30, 40, $50 million a year in salary. (00:12–00:19)

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Asserts that insurance companies charge significantly more for drugs in the U.S. than in Canada or Europe.

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