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Elijah Cummings: “Health care in the great country called the United States should not be a privilege but a right.”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2017
Health care in the great country called the United States should not be a privilege but a right.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cummings advocates for health care as a fundamental right for all citizens.

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