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Chris Murphy: “How have we let American capitalism get so off the rails? So, unmoored from the common good that anybody thinks it's…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 2024
How have we let American capitalism get so off the rails? So, unmoored from the common good that anybody thinks it's Okay to make a billion dollars off of degrading healthcare for poor people in Waterbury, Connecticut.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy criticizes the profit motives in healthcare harming the poor.

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