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Chris Murphy: “What the Affordable Care Act did was take that emergency patient, bring them into the emergency room, and stabilize…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
What the Affordable Care Act did was take that emergency patient, bring them into the emergency room, and stabilize them.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Senator Murphy describes the ACA's role in stabilizing the healthcare market.

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