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Zohran Mamdani: “We see America in a health insurance industry that exploits…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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Published | Video Starts at 09:54

And we see a nation that has allowed so much of that wealth to be held instead in the soft hands of a precious few. Yes, We see America in a health insurance industry that exploits the sick. But that is not all we see when we look for America. We see it, too, in the nurse who works a double shift and then stops on her way home to check on an ailing neighborhood. (09:54–09:58)

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Asserts that the U.S. health insurance industry takes advantage of sick individuals.

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