Health Care Dysfunction Makes it to the Presidential Debate


In last night's debate which included leading candidates from the Democratic Party for its presidential nomination, as reported by Mother Jones, Senator Bernie Sander (D-VT) said (per Mother Jones).

the current health care system is not only cruel, it is dysfunctional

The video is here.



So the concept of health care dysfunction has officially made it to the big time.

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