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On the recordAugust 9, 2022
the function of health care is not to make the insurance companies tens of billions of dollars a year in profit, the function of healthcare is to provide quality care to all people in a cost effective way.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Senator Sanders emphasizes the purpose of healthcare should be to provide quality care rather than profit.

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