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On the recordSeptember 12, 2011
Your point is not just that people are dying, or suffering, or losing limbs because they can't get to a doctor.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the broader implications of poverty on health beyond just access.

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