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Kathy Castor: “We have almost one million Floridians who are caught, are being blocked, access to the doctor's office is being blocked…”

On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
We have almost one million Floridians who are caught, are being blocked, access to the doctor's office is being blocked just because they won't accept the $50 billion available to the State of Florida over the next 10 years.
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Kathy Castor
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Castor points out the impact of rejecting federal funds on Floridians' health care access.

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