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Mark Pocan: “We wouldn't be the only industrialized nation without…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 42 with John Nichols

Published | Video Starts at 01:43

I would have. Health care would be a right and, you know, not just a law. I would, I would have had it enshrined in the Constitution. Yeah, no, I hear We wouldn't be the only industrialized nation without universal health care. You're saying. Yeah, you know, it's exactly right. Look, I, look, you can find fault with every, you know, with every healthcare system, you know, system in the world, but ours, ours is especially, especially complicated. (01:43–01:48)

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Asserts that the United States is the only industrialized nation without universal health care.

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