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On the recordApril 29, 2019
if you experience such a misfortune, and you get such a diagnosis and you can't get healthcare, ... that is not a misfortune; that is an injustice, because we can do something about that.
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Jim McGovern
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

McGovern emphasizes the injustice of lacking healthcare access during personal crises.

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