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Salud Ortiz Carbajal: If not for the Affordable Care Act, her life-saving act would have prevented her from obtaining health insurance.

On the recordJanuary 23, 2017
If not for the Affordable Care Act, her life-saving act would have prevented her from obtaining health insurance.
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Salud Ortiz Carbajal
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Describes how the Affordable Care Act enabled a kidney donor to secure health insurance.

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