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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “We have the worst health outcomes in the history of the…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 02:26

They're negative producers and they're just, like I said in economic terms, they're drags on the whole system. But also just for the morale of our country, we are in. What we're facing now in this country is We have the worst health outcomes in the history of the world. We have the highest chronic disease burden of any country in the world. We pay the highest cost, two to three times what Europeans pay for health care. (02:26–02:33)

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Asserts that the U.S. currently has the worst health outcomes globally.

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