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In this June. 8, 2017 photo, podiatrist Serafin Barca poses for a photo with a patient in his clinic in Havana, Cuba. The 80-year-old podiatrist is one of the last private medical workers in communist Cuba, which prides itself on its free, universal state health care. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Illustration on the "right" to health care and involuntary servitude by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Doctors, nurses, health care workers and patients who will lose access to health care or see costs rise attend a rally against the GOP health care bill at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., Monday, July 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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In this Monday, May 15, 2017 photo, Kristen Arambula, an airship pilot, poses for a picture in the Goodyear hangar in Akron, Ohio. Goodyear airship pilots are getting retrained to fly new models after Goodyear deflated the last of its 45-year-old iconic blimps in March. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

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In this Monday, May 15, 2017, photo, an airship crew watches as a Goodyear airship prepares to land in Akron, Ohio. Goodyear airship pilots are getting retrained to fly new models after Goodyear deflated the last of its 45-year-old iconic blimps in March. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

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In this Wednesday, June 7, 2017 photo, United Steel Workers local 1999 union president Chuck Jones smokes his trademark cigarette as he poses for a photo in Indianapolis. Jones joined the USW at a time when unions flexed their power to strike and crossing a picket line carried the threat of brute force. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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In this Sunday, June 11, 2017 photo, United Steel Workers local 1999 union president Chuck Jones speaks during his retirement party in the union hall in Indianapolis. The outgoing president said his retirement was “bittersweet” after decades of declining fortunes for working people. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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In this Sunday, June 11, 2017 photo, United Steel Workers local 1999 union president Chuck Jones is interviewed by a television station during his retirement party in the union hall in Indianapolis. The outgoing president said his retirement was “bittersweet” after decades of declining fortunes for working people. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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In this Sunday, June 11, 2017 photo, Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., talks about retiring United Steel Workers local 1999 union president Chuck Jones, left, during Jones' retirement party in the union hall in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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In this Sunday, June 11, 2017 photo, United Steel Workers local 1999 union president Chuck Jones, right, is hugged by Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., during his retirement party in the union hall in Indianapolis. Jones became a steel worker straight out of high school in 1969 during a high tide of the U.S. labor movement that helped propel a generation of blue-collar workers into the middle class. He said his retirement at the beginning of June was “bittersweet” after decades of declining fortunes for working people. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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In this June 11, 2017 photo, United Steel Workers local 1999 union president Chuck Jones takes a selfie with union member Mike Hensley of Gosport, Ind., during his retirement party in the union hall in Indianapolis. Jones became a steel worker straight out of high school in 1969 during a high tide of the U.S. labor movement that helped propel a generation of blue-collar workers into the middle class. He said his retirement at the beginning of June was “bittersweet” after decades of declining fortunes for working people. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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In this Wednesday, June 7, 2017 photo, United Steel Workers local 1999 union president Chuck Jones gestures during an interview in Indianapolis. Jones grabbed headlines in December after he publicly accused then-President-elect Donald Trump of lying about how many jobs he was saving in a deal with furnace and air conditioner maker Carrier Corp. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie speaks Friday, June 30, 2017, in Trenton, N.J. Christie said that a state government shutdown is likely if he doesn't get an agreement by midnight with Democratic lawmakers on the budget. A stalemate over his proposal to overhaul the state's largest health insurance company was at issue. (AP Photo/Michael Catalini)

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Council Vice President Elizabeth Glidden shows her support for the $15 minimum wage increase before it was passed by the City Council at City Hall, Friday, June 30, 2017 in Minneapolis. Minneapolis became the latest city to approve a big hike in its minimum wage, with the City Council voting to hike it to $15 by 2022 (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

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Minneapolis City Mayor Betsy Hodges listened as City Council members vote for the $15 minimum wage increase at City Hall, Friday, June 30, 2017 in Minneapolis. Minneapolis became the latest city to approve a big hike in its minimum wage, with the City Council voting to hike it to $15 by 2022 (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

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Supporters of the $15 minimum wage increase showed their support before it was passed by the City Council at City Hall, Friday, June 30, 2017 in Minneapolis. Minneapolis became the latest city to approve a big hike in its minimum wage, with the City Council voting to hike it to $15 by 2022 (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

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Local advocate Thao Pao Xiong celebrates with other supporters of the $15 minimum wage increase after it was passed by City Council at City Hall, Friday, June 30, 2017 in Minneapolis. Minneapolis became the latest city to approve a big hike in its minimum wage, with the City Council voting to hike it to $15 by 2022 (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

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Minneapolis city council candidate Ginger Jentzen, center, celebrates with other supporters of the $15 minimum wage increase after it was passed by City Council at City Hall, Friday, June 30, 2017 in Minneapolis. Minneapolis became the latest city to approve a big hike in its minimum wage, with the City Council voting to hike it to $15 by 2022 (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

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Minneapolis city council candidate Ginger Jentzen, center, celebrates with other supporters of the $15 minimum wage increase after it was passed by City Council at City Hall, Friday, June 30, 2017 in Minneapolis. Minneapolis became the latest city to approve a big hike in its minimum wage, with the City Council voting to hike it to $15 by 2022 (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

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Supporters of the $15 minimum wage increase celebrated after it was passed by the City Council at City Hall, Friday, June 30, 2017 in Minneapolis. Minneapolis became the latest city to approve a big hike in its minimum wage, with the City Council voting to hike it to $15 by 2022 (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)