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On the recordJune 22, 2020
The United States is the richest country in the world. We pay more for health care than any other country, and we have no treatment and we have no vaccine.
Said by
Brian Higgins
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Higgins highlights the inadequacies of the U.S. healthcare system during the pandemic.

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