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On the recordAugust 2, 2010
But Medicare is part of our health care system, and as you well know, we end up spending almost twice as much per capita on health care as any other major country on Earth, and our outcomes in some cases are not as good.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders highlights the inefficiencies and high costs of the U.S. health care system compared to other countries.

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