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Pramila Jayapal: “Our current system costs $3.5 trillion. It is actually projected to cost $6 trillion by 2027, the most in the entire…”

On the recordMay 21, 2019
Our current system costs $3.5 trillion. It is actually projected to cost $6 trillion by 2027, the most in the entire world by far.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Jayapal highlights the high costs of the U.S. health care system compared to other countries.

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