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Jeff Merkley: “I looked at it and I just went my goodness, this is a nightmare for how a person, a member of a tribe in a place like…”

On the recordMay 3, 2022
I looked at it and I just went my goodness, this is a nightmare for how a person, a member of a tribe in a place like Washington, D.C., accesses medical care.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley criticizes the complexity of accessing medical care for tribal members.

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