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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “We've lost six years in lifespan and longevity to Europe in…”

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

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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. Our young men have sperm counts that are half of what they ought to be. (06:01–06:08)

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