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Bernie Sanders: “The function of the current healthcare system is to make…”

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

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Joe Rogan and Bernie Sanders Discuss Economic Inequality, Automation, and Political Corruption

Published | Video Starts at 22:32

Why do we have 85 million people who are uninsured or uninsured? And as you were mentioning a moment ago, I mean, he deals with the insurance companies and the drug companies. And The function of the current healthcare system is to make [insurance and drug companies] very rich. And it works. They make zillions of dollars. And every place you go in my state, the cost of health care has gone up this year, like 10, 15%. (22:32–22:37)

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Claims the U.S. healthcare system prioritizes profits for insurance and drug companies.

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