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Tulsi Gabbard: “I think our responsibility as leaders is to meet the…”

Featuring: Tulsi Gabbard, Republican | Director of National Intelligence

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Published | Video Starts at 04:31

I just think about it from the perspective of, of people, of the American people, that if all of a sudden you are taking away their choice, that's not, that's not a very American thing, in my opinion. I think our responsibility as leaders is to meet the challenge and address the problems that people are facing, that they are suffering because of big insurance and Big Pharma's influence over our health care system for so long, how they are profiting on the backs of sick people. So let's do our job. Try to bring down the cost of health care in this country. That's exorbitant. Make sure people can get the quality care they need. (04:31–04:48)

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Asserts that big insurance and Big Pharma profit from the healthcare system at the expense of sick people.

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