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On the recordJanuary 23, 2017
If we are talking about this and if a big part of the individual mandate was going to cover the cost of all these things, the question is did it work? Is there anybody of the three of you that could say this was--it was well intended? I am going to say it wasn't well intended.
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Mark Kelly
Democratic · Arizona

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Kelly questions the effectiveness of the individual mandate in health care.

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