Pete Buttigieg: “People could go bankrupt over a hospital bill.”

“But we changed it because we elected leaders who insisted that it was the wealthiest who should pay their fair share and workers and ordinary families getting a break, not the other way around. 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.” (14:18–14:21)

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