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Danny Davis: “Before we passed the Affordable Care Act, there were about 50 million people in the United States without health…”

On the recordDecember 11, 2013
Before we passed the Affordable Care Act, there were about 50 million people in the United States without health insurance.
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Danny Davis
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Davis highlights the lack of health insurance before the ACA.

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