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Edward M. Kennedy: “It recognizes that there's a common responsibility for people in that state to get health care and to get coverage.”

On the recordMarch 8, 2009
It recognizes that there's a common responsibility for people in that state to get health care and to get coverage.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts

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Kennedy discusses the shared responsibility in Massachusetts for health care coverage under the state's universal health care law.

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