You've talked about a single payer health care system. Is that the government runs the health care in this state? Absolutely. You know, Insurance companies take 20% of the bite out of our health care dollars. We spend what, trillions of dollars on health care. Once you eliminate the insurance companies, you know, this will actually be cheaper and we'll be able to cover a lot more. (08:58–09:04)
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Asserts that insurance companies consume 20% of healthcare spending.
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