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Tom Harkin: “Again, I will just add on top of that, the other unfairness part of this bill is that they didn't what they should have…”

On the recordOctober 26, 2000
Again, I will just add on top of that, the other unfairness part of this bill is that they didn't what they should have to really expand health insurance coverage in a meaningful way to low-income people. I am talking about people who are working, not people who are on Medicaid and getting coverage. I am talking about low-income people above the poverty line and modest income people who are working hard, making $20,000 a year; they may have a couple kids. They are not in this bill.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Discussing the shortcomings of a health insurance bill regarding low-income workers.

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