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Chuck Grassley: “Right, because I think there was due consideration to the tradeoff between the people who don't have insurance now--42…”

On the recordJune 25, 2001
Right, because I think there was due consideration to the tradeoff between the people who don't have insurance now--42 million people--and the people who do have insurance through self-employed plans, and that there was within the committee a real concern about whether or not those employers might drop their insurance--not that we are concerned about the employer, but we are concerned about the employee if they are not going to have health insurance.
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

Discussing health insurance concerns during a debate on healthcare policy.

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