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On the recordJanuary 5, 2020
When I win or at least when I hope I win the election, we will have the momentum in this country to finally tell the drug companies who are charging us by far the highest prices in the world, the insurance companies who are ripping us, that finally, finally, we are going to move to a Medicare for all single-payer system, with millions of people standing up and demanding that.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders discusses his plans for healthcare reform and the need for a Medicare for all system.

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