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Bernie Sanders: “Our life expectancy, how long we live, is about four years…”

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

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And here's again, a fact. Never very rarely talked about her. Here's the fact. Despite spending so much on health care, Our life expectancy, how long we live, is about four years younger, four years shorter than other major countries. That's bad. That is bad. But I want to tell you what is even worse, and I want you all to think about it and help me out here. (1:02:13–1:02:23)

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Asserts that U.S. life expectancy is four years shorter than in other major countries.

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