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Tony Cárdenas: “And fundamentally we have anywhere between 40 to 50-plus million people in this Country who, some of them, fall into…”

On the recordDecember 3, 2013
And fundamentally we have anywhere between 40 to 50-plus million people in this Country who, some of them, fall into that category that, no matter how hard they are going to try, the private industry is not going to provide for them;
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Tony Cárdenas
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the limitations of private industry in providing healthcare.

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