It is fair to ask me how I'm going to pay for it. That's fair. But it is also fair for my opponents to explain to the people in this room why it is just ain't right that people are paying $10,000, $15,000, $20,000 a year for healthcare today when they cannot afford that outrageous cost.
On the recordDecember 29, 2019
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Bernie Sanders responds to scrutiny about his Medicare-for-All plan, emphasizing the unfairness of high healthcare costs.
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