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Raul Ruiz: “The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated health equity issues that we have long known to be the norm in the United States.”

On the recordOctober 19, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated health equity issues that we have long known to be the norm in the United States.
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Raul Ruiz
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Ruiz highlights health equity issues exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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