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Bernie Sanders: “Right now, our health care system is broken.”

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

Discussing the Consequences of the Republican Shutdown with Bernie. | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Published October 1, 2025 | Video Starts at 02:34

… we can to continue to make health care accessible, affordable, as we work to make it a human right for. All right, so let me just back that up. Remember, Right now, our health care system is broken. Right now we're the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people. And these guys want to make it even worse. We're not going to let that happen. (02:34–02:38)

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Asserts that the current U.S. health care system is dysfunctional.

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