Bernie Sanders: “Over a half a million Americans go bankrupt each year…”

“We as a nation right now, despite spending twice as much per capita on health care as the people of any other Nation, we have 85 million Americans who are uninsured or underinsured. Over a half a million Americans go bankrupt each year because of medically related debt. Tens of thousands of our people die every year because they don't have enough money to get to a doctor when they should in the richest country in the history of the world.” (18:45–18:54)

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