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Kirsten Gillibrand: “You don't need to have insurance to have health care in this…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Podcast Interview with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Her Presidential Campaign and Policy Proposals

Published | Video Starts at 11:15

And so I want our money, my money, your money, to go for the things we want to buy, which is better health care. Right. And so I don't want my money to go to an insurance company. They don't. You don't need to have insurance to have health care in this country. Let's just buy into health care. Right. So it's an unnecessary layer of fat that I would like to remove. (11:15–11:20)

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Asserts that insurance is not necessary to have healthcare in the U.S.

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