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Bernie Sanders: “And do you think that marketplace health care system might be one of the reasons we spend almost twice as much as any…”

On the recordApril 9, 2013
And do you think that marketplace health care system might be one of the reasons we spend almost twice as much as any other country on health care, the role of private, for-profit health insurance companies?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders links high health care spending to the influence of for-profit insurers.

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