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Bernie Sanders: “You have a health care system...one major country, you're…”

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 11:15

Okay. That is the first profound reality. And the question we've got to ask, why is that in the richest country on earth. All … You have a health care system...one major country, you're living in it. … We are spending twice as much per person on health care as most of the European countries guarantee free health care. Not to correct you, but yeah. (11:15–11:42)

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Asserts that the United States is the only major country that does not guarantee health care as a human right.

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