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On the recordJuly 11, 2016
I have looked personally in the eyes of families who have come in San Antonio in order to sign up for the Affordable Care Act and to have to tell them: I am sorry, you are too poor to achieve access to the Affordable Care Act.
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James A. Lewis
Democratic · Illinois

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John Lewis discusses the struggles of families accessing the Affordable Care Act.

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