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Bernie Sanders: “Our life expectancy is lower than it is in countries far…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 06:09

We have not paid attention to the fact that we have massive amounts of chronic disease. We have not answered the question why in the richest country in the history of the world, Our life expectancy is lower than it is in countries far poorer than we are. So I think in many ways, President Trump and Mr. Kennedy have asked some of the right questions. Problem is, their answers will only make a bad situation worse. (06:09–06:16)

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Asserts that U.S. life expectancy is lower than in many poorer countries.

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