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Dick Durbin: “Removing the insurance companies' antitrust exemption is so important that I think we should all work with Chairman…”

On the recordSeptember 16, 2009
Removing the insurance companies' antitrust exemption is so important that I think we should all work with Chairman Leahy to make sure that it is part of our health reform bill.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin advocates for including the removal of the antitrust exemption in health reform.

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