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Jon Ossoff: “Half of our counties, as you all know, have no OBGYN.”

Featuring: Jon Ossoff, Democratic | U.S. Senate Georgia

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Ossoff Addresses Black Women Leaders in Atlanta | 07.24.2026

Published | Video Starts at 11:30

Think about this. Lebanon's national economy is 40 times smaller than Georgia's state economy. Are you all following me? But they live longer than we do. Half of our counties, as you all know, have no OBGYN. We've lost in Georgia 21 hospitals in 20 years. We have among the lowest newborn weights at birth in the country. We have one of the worst shortages of mental health care providers in the country. (11:30–11:34)

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