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Joe Biden: “God forbid you`re sitting on the edge of a hospital bed with someone you love, like I do have my son Beau as he was…”

On the recordMarch 22, 2021
God forbid you`re sitting on the edge of a hospital bed with someone you love, like I do have my son Beau as he was dying, and all you have to think about is, all they have to think about is getting better, not what happens if an insurance company could come in, like they did before Obamacare, and say, sorry, you have outrun your coverage.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
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msnbc.com

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President Biden reflects on the importance of health care coverage during personal crises.

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