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Hakeem Jeffries: “Access to high quality and affordable health care cannot…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Leader Jeffries on MS NOW's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell

Published | Video Starts at 12:21

We need to fix it. And we need to fix it anchored in the principle that in this great country, the, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, Access to high quality and affordable health care cannot simply be a privilege for the wealthiest amongst us. It has to be a right available for every single American. And that's what we're going to continue to work on, anchored in that principle and that value. (12:21–12:28)

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Asserts that healthcare access should be a right, not a privilege for the wealthy.

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