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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “We pay two to three times more for healthcare per capita…”

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

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The Truth About America's Health Crisis You're Not Being Told

Published | Video Starts at 00:12

We have more convenience than any generation, yet we're sicker than ever from a basic level. What are we getting wrong? Well, we have, right now we're the sickest country in the world. So We pay two to three times more for healthcare per capita than any of the industrialized countries. And we have the sickest population. We have the highest chronic disease burden. Our kids are, you know, are sick. 77% of American teens can't qualify for military service because of obesity or autoimmune diseases or other chronic diseases. (00:12–00:20)

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