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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “We spend nearly as much in our country for health care as…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:49

We have the highest chronic disease burden of any country in the world and yet we spend more on health care than any country in the world. We spend two to three times what European nation spend. We spend nearly as much in our country for health care as all the other nations in the world combined. And yet we have the worst health outcomes. We've lost six years in lifespan and longevity to Europe in the past 20 years. Our kids, our girls are hitting puberty six years earlier than historically. (05:49–05:57)

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Asserts that U.S. health care spending is nearly equal to the combined spending of all other nations.

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