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Bernie Sanders: “People die because they don't get to a doctor on time [in…”

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

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Who Owns America? Bernie Sanders Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

Published | Video Starts at 1:00:51

Of the United. And think, Trevor, for a moment what that would mean. We got a half a million people go bankrupt every year because of medical bills. People don't die. People die because they don't get to a doctor on time [in the United States]. Yeah. Do you know how transformative that would mean if people go to the doctor when they wanted to, if they weren't worried about going into a hospital and not coming out bankrupt. (1:00:51–1:00:54)

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Asserts that people in the United States die because they cannot access timely medical care.

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