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Nydia Velázquez: “It is certainly not the time to reduce access to critical healthcare.”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2021
It is certainly not the time to reduce access to critical healthcare.
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Nydia Velázquez
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Opposing reductions in healthcare access during the pandemic.

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