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On the recordJanuary 28, 2013
If we would enact a single-payer national health care program where everyone was entitled to health care as a right, we could focus on delivering the best care in the world to our patients.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Advocating for a single-payer health care system to improve patient care.

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