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Bernie Sanders: “The idea that health care is attached to your job rather…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 01:06

And usually that issue is just about retaining what you have and fighting the erosion that. You lose your job. Exactly right. You lose your healthcare. So The idea that health care is attached to your job rather than exist as a human right is pretty crazy. And as you well know, there is no quality of life if you have a sick kid or you're taking care of a parent that you can't place in the home. (01:06–01:14)

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Asserts that health care should be a human right, not tied to employment.

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