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Jim McGovern: “Health care ought to be viewed as a fundamental human right.”

Featuring: Jim McGovern, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 2nd Congressional District

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Israel is DENYING Medical Evacuations for Adolescent Cancer Patients in Gaza

Published | Video Starts at 03:46

We are talking about a humanitarian evacuation for these patients. A curative disease that just, you know, losing their life without any excuse, without any. Yes, yeah, sorry. No, no, thank you. That's heartbreaking. Health care ought to be viewed as a fundamental human right. And for me, this is personal. A little, you know, over a year and a half ago, my wife and I lost our daughter to cancer. (03:46–03:49)

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