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> [Medical care for the entire country seems to me a basic right. If every other country in the West can do it, why can't we?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/medical-care-for-the-entire-country-seems-to-me-a-basic-right-if/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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