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On the recordDecember 11, 2013
If I could add to what the Senator said, if you don't like your plan and if you want something different, we will tell you what you have to like and what you don't have to like. It is no longer your choice. We will tell you what we think you need, but you can't make that decision for yourself. So here is our plan: If you look at our plans, you can pick one of those, but if you want something different and if you want to go to the insurance company for you or your employees or employee-sponsored plan, forget it because we know more than you do. We wrote the law, and we wrote the law because we don't think you have the intelligence or ability to figure out what is best for yourself.
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Dan Coats
Republican · Indiana

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