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Ayanna Pressley: “We mourn the loss of Antavia. And there are millions more like her whose health is threatened and whose lives hang in…”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2019
We mourn the loss of Antavia. And there are millions more like her whose health is threatened and whose lives hang in the balance because of a tiered for-profit healthcare system because of greed.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley highlights the dangers of a profit-driven healthcare system.

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