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Pete Buttigieg: “You're not alone if you think that affordable health care…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Pete's Opening Message, Live from Butte, Montana

Published | Video Starts at 11:19

… imagining you're out on a limb in your beliefs when actually most people agree with you. I'm here to reassure you that you're not crazy and you're not alone. Like, You're not alone if you think that affordable health care ought to be a right for every single American, that we ought to protect Medicaid and get real universal health care in this country. You're not alone if you think that the wealthiest nation on earth ought to have the best fully funded public schools on earth. (11:19–11:30)

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Asserts that affordable health care should be a right and Medicaid should be protected.

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