This law was passed to make health care about people, not about insurance companies.
Janice Schakowsky: “This law was passed to make health care about people, not about insurance companies.”
On the recordJuly 7, 2016
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Schakowsky emphasizes the Affordable Care Act's focus on people over insurance companies.
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