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Yadira Caraveo: “I really had a front row seat to all of the dysfunction in…”

Featuring: Yadira Caraveo, Former U.S. House Representative, Colorado, District 8

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Rep. Yadira Caraveo on ‘a lifetime of being the first’

Published | Video Starts at 02:28

It's often very confusing and difficult for many people to access. Can you talk a bit about what you saw when you were a practicing pediatrician? Yeah, I think that I really had a front row seat to all of the dysfunction in the healthcare system. And that really was what drove me to run for office. I think that, you know, when you decide to be a doctor, whether you're three or whether you're 30, it's with this idea that I'm going to fix things for people, right? (02:28–02:34)

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