On the recordMarch 10, 2014
According to a Harvard study published in the American Journal of Public Health in 2009 and 'Health Affairs' in 2014, some 45,000 Americans die every year because of a lack of access to healthcare.
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Sanders cites a study highlighting the deaths due to lack of healthcare access.
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