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On the recordMay 8, 2019
They want to be able to afford their medications. And I believe it is unconscionable that in the richest country in the world, where we have the technology, so many people just cannot get their meds because they simply cannot afford them and that really must change.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel emphasizes the need for affordable medications in the U.S.

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