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Bernie Sanders: “We pay on average, about twice as much per capita for health…”

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

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Medicare for All Town Hall with Abdul El-Sayed (LIVE at 7PM ET)

Published | Video Starts at 36:38

Because now we made some improvements under Biden. We passed some. It's a good start. We've got to go a lot further. But I want everybody to be asking, why is it that We pay on average, about twice as much per capita for health care as the people of the countries. The answer is, as you just indicated, every other country negotiates. You got a national health program. Sit down. Let's talk about what you're going to charge us in America. (36:38–36:44)

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Asserts that the U.S. pays about twice as much per capita for healthcare compared to other countries.

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