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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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We Will Win Medicare for All | Sen. Bernie Sanders

Published | Video Starts at 01:03

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 and 85 million are uninsured or underinsured. Yeah, it's a broken system. No one disagrees on that. But I want you all to imagine the day will come when people get sick or their kids get sick, or they have to go to a nursing home or need dental care. (01:03–01:11)

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Asserts that the U.S. spends twice as much on health care per capita compared to other nations and has 85 million uninsured or underinsured people.

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