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Bernie Sanders: “You're spending twice as much per capita on health care as…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 01:03

And they don't get into a doctor's office when they should. How crazy is that? So the issue is not whether or not our current health care system is broken. Everybody recognizes that when You're spending twice as much per capita on health care as any other nation. 85 million are uninsured or underinsured. Yeah, it's a broken system. No one disagrees on that. (01:03–01:08)

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Asserts that the U.S. spends double per capita on health care compared to other nations.

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