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On the recordJanuary 18, 2011
That is similar in every district, Republican or Democrat, across the Nation. The number of small businesses may vary district to district, but the point is that every small business has an opportunity to reduce by more than one-third the cost of health care by simply providing health care. And that will grow to 50 percent in just 3 years. It climbs up 35 and then 50 percent in 2014. And in 2014, every State will have an exchange, an insurance marketplace, where small businesses, individuals, can buy health insurance on a marketplace that talks about the quality and the cost so there is competition. Once again, why would you want to repeal that, where individuals can shop for health insurance in a competitive market? We talk about competition here. Well, let's let it happen. Right now it doesn't really occur because many insurance companies don't compete. There are many, many aspects of this. I notice that our friend from the great State of Tennessee has joined us. Mr. Cohen, if you will, what is going on in Tennessee? Do they want to repeal this? Do they really want to do away with the patients' bill of rights? The preventative care that seniors are able to get under this bill? The closing of the doughnut hole? Is that what the Tennessee folks want?
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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Garamendi discusses the benefits of health care reform for small businesses and questions opposition to it.

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