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Bobby Scott: “We need to understand the universal coverage alone will not eliminate them and that the elimination of health…”

On the recordMarch 10, 2009
We need to understand the universal coverage alone will not eliminate them and that the elimination of health disparities needs to be a central part of health care reform.
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

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Scott stresses that health care reform must focus on eliminating health disparities.

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