I served as CEO of the Urban League. So I got to see health disparities and how in this country, as rich as we are, We have one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. So health care to me is a basic necessity. It's what drove me to run in 2016 and what I fought for and times. It's sort of like history is repeating itself. (14:20–14:25)
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