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American Public Health Association Elects New President

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This week in New York City, the American Public Health Association elected a new president. His name is Dr. Quentin Young and he’s one of the nation’s strongest advocates for a Canadian-style single payer health care system for this country, a system in which all Americans would have the basic right to decent health care regardless of their economic situation.

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