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Bernie Sanders: “They [Canada] spend half as much per capita as we do on…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 01:08

I live 50 miles away from Canada. You spend a month in a hospital in Canada, you know what the bill is when you come out? Zero. They [Canada] spend half as much per capita as we do on health care. They guarantee health care to all of their people. This can be done. Absolutely doable. The other thing we could do, young people today finding it extremely hard to buy their own home. (01:08–07:26)

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Asserts that Canada spends half as much per capita on health care compared to the United States.

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