Pramila Jayapal: “Brazil had like 15,000 [Cuban] doctors.”

“And the Cuban public health system is incredible, right? And they were literally sending doctors to many countries around the world. I think Brazil had like 15,000 [Cuban] doctors. Ilhan Omar, our colleague, who went with me on the last trip I made to Cuba two years ago, told me about how her doctor in the refugee camp was Cuban.” (20:13)

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