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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “We spend two to three times on our 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. | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #639

Published | Video Starts at 41:47

It was very hard to die from COVID if you were healthy. And so, you know, we need to get Americans healthy. We need to end the chronic disease epidemic right now. We spend two to three times on our healthcare per capita what they spend in Europe, and yet we have the worst health outcomes in the world. We're 70%. Bring up a capita chart if you We have the, you know, we've dropped Behind Europe by 6 years in lifespan, 10 years in some cases, and yet our health outcomes are worse. (41:47–41:57)

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Claims the U.S. spends significantly more on healthcare per capita than Europe but has worse health outcomes.

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