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Janice Schakowsky: Let's talk a little bit more about that, about why it is that the insurance industry would be against this bill. Because…

On the recordMarch 17, 2010
Let's talk a little bit more about that, about why it is that the insurance industry would be against this bill. Because you could say, Well, 30 million more people are going to go into the insurance market. Why wouldn't they want more people?
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois
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govinfo.gov
Mar 17, 2010

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Schakowsky discusses the insurance industry's opposition to a healthcare bill.

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