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Jimmy Gomez: “Nobody, after receiving a cancer diagnosis, should then face the indignity of learning that our health system can't even…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2024
Nobody, after receiving a cancer diagnosis, should then face the indignity of learning that our health system can't even provide the basic generic drugs to help them fight their disease.
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Jimmy Gomez
Democratic · California

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Emphasizing the importance of providing cancer drugs to patients.

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