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Diana DeGette: “The people who are suffering are the patients.”

On the recordApril 9, 2019
The people who are suffering are the patients.
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Diana DeGette
Democratic · Colorado

Editor's note · Context

DeGette highlights the impact of the broken system on patients needing insulin.

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