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On the recordDecember 9, 2019
Today really does mark a landmark day to discuss ways that the United States of America can join the rest of the industrialized world in saying that healthcare is a right and not a privilege for all of our people.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Schakowsky emphasizes the need for universal healthcare as a right.

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