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Janice Schakowsky: “This law was passed to make health care about people, not about insurance companies.”

On the recordJuly 7, 2016
This law was passed to make health care about people, not about insurance companies.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Schakowsky emphasizes the Affordable Care Act's focus on people over insurance companies.

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