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Bernie Sanders: “Studies suggest that some 50 Americans will die…”

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Bernie Sanders Criticizes Billionaire Influence and Campaign Finance Corruption in Washington, D.C.

Published July 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 05:11

Further, as a result of this legislation, over 16 million Americans are going to lose their health insurance. And sadly, it just hurts me not to say this, but Studies suggest that some 50 Americans will die unnecessarily every year because when you're thrown off health care, you don't have access to a doctor. and so forth. Now, the point that I want to make is I don't want to go into this bill at this time, but I want you to think about something. (05:11–05:25)

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