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Bernie Sanders: “We have 85 million people who are uninsured or uninsured.”

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 22:23

So, you know, the issues that we talk about is in the richest country on earth, why don't we have the best healthcare system in the world? 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 these guys very rich. (22:23–22:26)

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Asserts that 85 million people in the U.S. lack adequate health insurance.

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