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James A. Lewis: “A lot of folks here have said health insurance is not health care access, and that's certainly true.”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
A lot of folks here have said health insurance is not health care access, and that's certainly true.
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James A. Lewis
Democratic · Illinois

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Agreeing that health insurance does not guarantee access to health care.

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