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Bernie Sanders: “We're spending twice as much per person on health care.”

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

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Jon Stewart & Bernie Sanders on Rebuilding Trust & Efficacy in the Government The Weekly Show

Published | Video Starts at 11:56

Does anybody think that makes sense? All right, you know, we lose 60,000 people a year because they don't go to a doctor when they should. Meanwhile, We're spending twice as much per person on health care. This is an issue we are not even discussing, let alone figuring out how we can go forward. So to answer your question, if government begins to deliver for people, they say, hey, you know what? (11:56–12:00)

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Asserts that the U.S. spends twice as much per person on health care compared to other countries.

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