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Chris Murphy: “The current system is rigged to benefit the big health care…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Published | Video Starts at 01:46

I have supported a Medicare for all idea in which everyone would get to choose Medicare if they wanted. But I think both of us believe that The current system is rigged to benefit the big health care insurance companies. and that everyone in this country should have access to the Medicare plan, every business, every individual. And if they did, I think people would find that's better and cheaper health care. (01:46–01:51)

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Asserts that the current healthcare system benefits large insurance companies.

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