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Bernie Sanders: “We're spending unbelievable amounts of money, twice as much…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:44

And I hope very much that Abdul and I'll tell you why in a couple kind of selfish reason, everybody in America understands that our current health care system is totally broken. We got. We're spending unbelievable amounts of money, twice as much per capita as the people of any other country [on health care]. 85 million uninsured underinsured prices way high. Dr. El Sayed is somebody I need in the Senate. As he fights for Medicare for his doctor. He has seen the broken health care system. (04:44–04:50)

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Asserts that the U.S. spends twice as much per capita on health care compared to any other country.

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