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Bernie Sanders: “We spend twice as much per capita on healthcare as other…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 07:39

And correct me if I'm wrong, let me ask the students there, faculty, anybody else, have you ever seen a bloody program on television? One program that says how does it happen that We spend twice as much per capita on healthcare as other countries and our outcomes are worse. Have you seen one program, cbs, NBC, Fox, you name it? I think you have to ask them about YouTube. Doctor, do you have either a response to that or a follow up for the senator? (07:39–07:45)

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Asserts that the U.S. spends twice as much per capita on healthcare compared to other countries with worse outcomes.

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