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Claire McCaskill: We all have lots of ideas to make it better, but at the root of this is a country that has decided, I think for all the…

On the recordSeptember 11, 2017
We all have lots of ideas to make it better, but at the root of this is a country that has decided, I think for all the right reasons, that we are not going to make that man who bought the Harley die, we are going to take care of him.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the moral obligation of healthcare coverage.

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