Pete Buttigieg: “Access to affordable care was a right, not a privilege.”

“Time not long ago. It sounds barbaric, but people could go bankrupt over a hospital bill. Which is why we elected leaders who knew that Access to affordable care was a right, not a privilege. And we made it the reality that you live with now. And I'm sorry that we weren't there the way we fully should have been for the next generation, for your generation.” (14:23–14:27)

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