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Janice Schakowsky: “So clearly, the money generated by rising premiums was not being used for medical or patient care, my point.”

On the recordSeptember 14, 2011
So clearly, the money generated by rising premiums was not being used for medical or patient care, my point.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Schakowsky highlights that rising premiums do not benefit patient care.

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