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Venezuelan health cover disappears, leaving sick children desperate

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Whether it be due to a US-enforced "economic blockade" or the government’s unfulfilled payments, Venezuelan families want answers as their sick children await life-saving bone marrow transplants. Venezuela’s Oil Company PDVSA, which provides health insurance, says it can’t continue with established health agreements, leaving the desperate families looking abroad for help.

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