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Pat McHenry: “For the money we have doled out to pay for the war, we could have provided: Health care coverage to every American…”

On the recordMarch 10, 2009
For the money we have doled out to pay for the war, we could have provided: Health care coverage to every American without it.
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Pat McHenry
Republican · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

McHenry argues that war spending could have funded universal healthcare.

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