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Kathy Castor: Removing the individual mandate and promoting junk insurance plans, a tax on the insurance pool, whittling away the…

On the recordMarch 5, 2019
Removing the individual mandate and promoting junk insurance plans, a tax on the insurance pool, whittling away the protections for preexisting conditions just have really socked it to consumers in their wallet.
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Kathy Castor
Democratic · Florida

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Highlighting negative effects of policy changes on consumers' healthcare costs.

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