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Hakeem Jeffries: “We were told it was going to end health care as we know it. Instead, more than 16 million previously uninsured Americans…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2015
We were told it was going to end health care as we know it. Instead, more than 16 million previously uninsured Americans now have affordable health insurance.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

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Jeffries defends the Affordable Care Act's impact on health insurance.

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