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Jeff Merkley: “We, too often, have a sick-care system rather than a healthcare system.”

On the recordMarch 3, 2010
We, too often, have a sick-care system rather than a healthcare system.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley critiques the current healthcare system in relation to childhood obesity.

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