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Ed Markey: It could lead to 23 million Americans losing their health insurance, people losing their opioid coverage for illnesses…

On the recordJune 12, 2017
It could lead to 23 million Americans losing their health insurance, people losing their opioid coverage for illnesses in their own families. And it is just absolutely wrong.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey expresses concern about the negative impact of the healthcare bill on Americans.

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