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Bernie Sanders: “The Congressional Budget Office... determined that Medicare…”

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

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Medicare for All Town Hall with Abdul El-Sayed (LIVE at 7PM ET)

Published | Video Starts at 32:24

So we spend a huge amount of money on billing. They spend it on advertising, they spend it on this, that and the other thing. And what was interesting is a number of years ago, The Congressional Budget Office... determined that Medicare for All would save hundreds of billions of dollars a year, eliminating all of that bureaucracy. So when we spend a dollar for health care, what do we want? We want to go to a doctor, to a nurse, to prescription drugs. (32:24–32:40)

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Asserts that the CBO found Medicare for All would save hundreds of billions annually by reducing bureaucracy.

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