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On the recordJanuary 23, 2017
I think that finally, with the potential demise or repeal of the Affordable Care Act and voucherizing of Medicare and the huge cuts to Medicaid, the defunding of Planned Parenthood, it is finally, I think, sinking into our country what these kinds of actions would mean to them.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Hirono warns about the consequences of repealing the ACA and cutting essential health programs.

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