John Garamendi: “Thank God I'm a nurse and I have insurance. Matteo's arm, which was badly broken and required surgery, will probably be…”

“Thank God I'm a nurse and I have insurance. Matteo's arm, which was badly broken and required surgery, will probably be a $70,000 event. If I didn't have insurance, we would have lost our house. That's the situation that's faced by every family. Thankfully this was not the situation that my daughter and grandson faced, but it is faced by tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of Americans. The insurance companies dominate these markets. Lifetime benefits. She probably has already run through her lifetime benefit. That child is probably going to be uninsurable because he has a preexisting condition, a badly broken arm. Those days are over.”