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David Schweikert: But you cannot convince me that that mandate was helping lower income Americans, because those same lower income…

On the recordMarch 26, 2019
But you cannot convince me that that mandate was helping lower income Americans, because those same lower income Americans talked about, to me at home, how they couldn't afford the plan and they couldn't afford the penalty.
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona

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He argues that the ACA's mandate harmed low-income Americans financially.

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