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On the recordJanuary 21, 2009
We spend more money by far per capita on health care than any other Nation on Earth, and yet our health care outcomes are way behind many other countries.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders critiques U.S. health care spending versus outcomes.

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