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Charles Rangel: If you are crippled, if you are blind, if you are disabled, if you want help, and if money and insurance is what is…

On the recordJune 9, 2015
If you are crippled, if you are blind, if you are disabled, if you want help, and if money and insurance is what is keeping you from getting it, you cannot give a better political home run ball to the American people to decide a basic question, which side are you on?
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York

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Rangel highlights the urgency of healthcare access for vulnerable populations.

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