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Bernie Sanders: “What happened during COVID millions of people lost their…”

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 24:51

Stay on this point because it's a very important point. Right now we have a completely confusing, complicated hodgepodge system. What we saw during COVID and what you see every day, What happened during COVID millions of people lost their jobs...Their health care, their insurance was attached to their jobs. You lose your job, you lose your health insurance is why we greatly expanded Medicaid. But right now, Bill, it's an interesting. It's not talked about so much. (24:51–24:59)

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Asserts that millions lost their health insurance during COVID-19 because it was tied to their jobs.

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