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Beto O'Rourke: “But common sense tells me, just from cases that I have seen in my district, that there is a cause and effect…”

On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
But common sense tells me, just from cases that I have seen in my district, that there is a cause and effect relationship between care that is delayed, that ends up being care that is denied, that ends up in veterans dying.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas

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O'Rourke argues that delayed care leads to veteran deaths.

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