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Bernie Sanders: “We need doctors. Should we, as the richest nation on earth…”

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

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Bernie Sanders Discusses Politics, Wealth Inequality, and Healthcare on Flagrant Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 59:38

But if you want to become a doctor, you may leave school half a million dollars in debt. You know that? Absolutely. All right, does that make sense? We need doctors. Should we, as the richest nation on earth, say, good, you want to be a doctor, you want to be a nurse, you want to be a dentist? We need you desperately, tuition free. We love you. Yeah, do it. Because we desperately subsidize it. Yeah. Subsidize the job. Absolutely. If we need more engineers, don't make the education so expensive. Exactly. (59:38–59:48)

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Asserts that the U.S. should offer tuition-free education for essential professions.

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