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On the recordOctober 15, 2013
I hope the Senator will concede that Members of Congress and their staff are going into the insurance exchanges because of an express provision requiring that to happen in the law, offered by Republican Senators Coburn and Grassley. Secondly, what we are dealing with is a strange situation. ObamaCare does not force anybody into the insurance exchanges. It is available for those who have no health insurance or those who are on individual health insurance plans and want to buy something different.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Oct 15, 2013

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