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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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