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Mike Thompson: Healthcare reform was in response to a national crisis.

On the recordJuly 9, 2013
Healthcare reform was in response to a national crisis.
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Mike Thompson
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Thompson emphasizes that healthcare reform was necessary due to a national crisis of uninsured individuals.

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