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Dick Durbin: “I think, ultimately, Africans are going to have to pay for their own health care in the long term.”

On the recordOctober 31, 2011
I think, ultimately, Africans are going to have to pay for their own health care in the long term.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin emphasizes the need for Africa to develop its own health care funding.

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