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Michael Bennet: “It costs twice as much [as] any other country in the…”

Featuring: Michael Bennet, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Colorado

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Windsor Gardens Democratic Club June 10 2026 Sen Michael Bennet

Published | Video Starts at 32:49

This is crazy, crazy, crazy. We have the most expensive, I don't have to tell you this. We have the most expensive system of health care in the industrialized world. It costs twice as much [as] any other country in the industrialized world. And I will say I think we're getting worse results, you know, too. It's insane. It makes no sense. So I do believe we need universal health care. (32:49–32:55)

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Asserts that U.S. healthcare costs are double those of any other industrialized country.

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