Are you worried that if we consider health care as a right in the State of Vermont that the St. Johnsbury Police Department, in the middle of the night, is going to break down your door and force you to treat a patient?
On the recordMay 10, 2011
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Senator Sanders humorously questions the extreme implications of healthcare as a right.
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