The insanity right now that a significant percentage of people get diagnosed with cancer, go bankrupt, they lose their life savings. How insane, how cruel is that? We lose tens of thousands of people every year because they're uninsured or underinsured. And they don't get into a doctor's office when they should. How crazy is that? So the issue is not whether or not our current health care system is broken. (00:45–00:52)
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Asserts that lack of insurance leads to tens of thousands of deaths annually.
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