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Hakeem Jeffries: “Access to high quality health care should be a right…”

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

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Leader Jeffries Floor Remarks in Defense of Affordable Healthcare

Published | Video Starts at 02:06

… be the case, we believe that access to high quality health care should not simply be a privilege available only to the wealthy, the well off and the well connected. Access to high quality health care should be a right available to every single American. And that's what House Democrats are continuing to to fight hard to achieve. And one of the ways we can make sure that we strive to achieve that principle is … (02:06–02:12)

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Asserts that health care access should be a universal right in the U.S.

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