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Michael Bennet: “This is a country that actually needs universal health care…”

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

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Senator Bennet and Representative Neguse Host Steamboat Springs Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 51:58

You don't know there wasn't one. You tell me what our health care policy was, I'll tell you. Extending the tax credits for the Affordable Care act, that's important. But This is a country that actually needs universal health care, and we should be standing for that as a party. as an example. As an example, I could go down the list of all the things and you'd say, why wasn't I thinking about it then? (51:58–52:04)

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Asserts that the country needs universal health care and the party should support it.

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