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Bernie Sanders: “The system is already broken.”

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

Mr. President: Do Not Shut Down the Government | Sen. Bernie Sanders

Published September 30, 2025 | Video Starts at 27:55

This is health insurance for your neighbor. This is health insurance for that baby with multiple medical problem. And I just want to reiterate a point that Senator Welch made. The system is already broken. That's right. Okay. We did the ranking member of the health committee, Health, education, labor, and we looked at nursing homes. Oh my God, it is that. (27:55–27:59)

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Asserts that the current healthcare system is dysfunctional.

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