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Bernie Sanders: “We're spending twice as much per capita as the people in…”

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 1:10:06

So it's like your taxes go up six grand, but your health care yearly cost goes from 12 grand to zero. So you just save six grand. All right. And the healthcare system, get me going on that one. We're spending twice as much per capita as the people in Sweden who have a better healthcare system. than we know. Why? Well, maybe coincidentally, insurance companies, you know, made. What did they made? 100. I think it made 70 billion last year. (1:10:06–1:10:12)

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Asserts that the U.S. spends twice as much per capita on healthcare compared to Sweden.

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