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Bernie Sanders: We spend billions of dollars because people do not have access to primary health care and they end up in the emergency…

On the recordOctober 29, 2013
We spend billions of dollars because people do not have access to primary health care and they end up in the emergency room at 10 times the cost.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Highlighting the financial impact of inadequate access to primary health care.

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