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Janice Schakowsky: “And the other was that she had misstated her weight-- understated her weight. Now I make a little joke, like what woman…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2010
And the other was that she had misstated her weight-- understated her weight. Now I make a little joke, like what woman hasn't? You know, you have an accident, and people look at the driver's license and say, Who is this woman? She is not 120 pounds. Anyway. And so she was out of luck. She spent the next 9 months looking for health care. Finally--actually it was her Congressman who convinced the insurance company to do it. And by that time, the cancer had progressed and was in her lymph nodes. So she was much sicker. That policy of rescission will end on day one.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois
Source
govinfo.gov
Mar 17, 2010

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Schakowsky discusses the impact of insurance rescission on a woman's health care access.

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