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Bernie Sanders: “Our life expectancy in the richest country in the history of…”

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

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Bernie Sanders Grills Panel on Universal Health Coverage

Published | Video Starts at 01:15

… because they don't get to a doctor when they should, because they're uninsured or underinsured, when we don't have enough doctors or nurses or dentists or mental health counselors, when Our life expectancy in the richest country in the history of the world is four years lower than OECD countries. and if your working class is significantly lower than that, why is it that half a million people in America go bankrupt because of medically related illnesses? (01:15–01:23)

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Asserts that U.S. life expectancy is four years lower than OECD countries.

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