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Bernie Sanders: “We have got to be aggressive in going forward for a Medicare…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:16

And what health care should be is a system guaranteeing health care to all as a human right in a cost effective way. Not a system designed to make huge profits for the insurance companies, the drug companies and hospitals. So We have got to be aggressive in going forward for a Medicare for all single payer system. So those are just some underlying, some of the issues that I will be dealing with in the coming year. And we need your help on these things. (05:16–05:24)

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Asserts the need to pursue a Medicare for all single-payer healthcare system.

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