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Bernie Sanders: “Getting people employed, and consequently healthy, is what your constituents want from you now.”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2011
Getting people employed, and consequently healthy, is what your constituents want from you now.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizes the need for employment to improve health outcomes.

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