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Abdul El-Sayed: “So imagine, instead of paying that to your health insurance company, whose CEO makes $20 million a year, instead, you…”

On the recordAugust 11, 2026
So imagine, instead of paying that to your health insurance company, whose CEO makes $20 million a year, instead, you paid a little bit more in taxes for healthcare that you wouldn’t lose if you lost your job or turned 26 or got married or got divorced.
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Abdul El-Sayed

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Defending Medicare-for-all in an NBC interview.

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