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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Before you know it, you are paying your rent check on a medication that you need to save your life.

On the recordMay 22, 2023
Before you know it, you are paying your rent check on a medication that you need to save your life.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez highlights the financial burden of necessary medications.

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