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Bernie Sanders: “We are spending twice as much per capita on average as…”

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

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Bernie Sanders discusses why he's backing El-Sayed

Published | Video Starts at 01:42

That's a great question. And the answer is because the function healthcare system is to make huge profits for the insurance companies and the drug companies. We are spending twice as much per capita on average as countries all over the world, Canada, Europe, who provide health care to all people. There is enormous administrative waste in the current system. We can save huge amounts of money by getting rid of that waste and focusing on providing health care, doctors, nurses, medicine, rather than huge salaries for the CEOs of insurance companies. (01:42–01:51)

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Asserts that the U.S. spends twice as much per capita on healthcare compared to countries like Canada and Europe.

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