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Bernie Sanders: “If we give insurance cards to those 30 million people, there is going to be such a huge surge.”

On the recordApril 22, 2013
If we give insurance cards to those 30 million people, there is going to be such a huge surge.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders warns of overwhelming stress on the healthcare system from new insurance coverage.

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