First of all, it's no wonder that the insurance industry is fighting us tooth and nail and with millions upon millions of dollars in TV advertising because they are making so much money and they do that by raising their rates. And it's really astonishing to me that in this period when the Congress is discussing how we're going to change and make the health care system affordable for people that they have the utter audacity to show their true colors by raising their rates. Let's look again at your chart. Anthem Blue Cross customers. That's in California, right?
Janice Schakowsky: “First of all, it's no wonder that the insurance industry is fighting us tooth and nail and with millions upon millions…”
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Schakowsky addresses the insurance industry's opposition to health care reform and rate increases.
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