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Richard K. Armey: There's something wrong when the richest nation on earth, with the best health-care system in the world, the lowest…

On the recordJune 25, 1999
There's something wrong when the richest nation on earth, with the best health-care system in the world, the lowest poverty, and the highest employment, has a constantly growing percentage of its population going without medical-expense protection.
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Richard K. Armey
Texas
Source
congress.gov
Jun 25, 1999

Editor's note · Context

Critique of the growing number of uninsured Americans.

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