Joseph P. Kennedy III: “Yes or no, sir, nearly five million people are forced to forego their health coverage; is that a success?”

In other parlance, it is countercyclical, right? When you have an economic downturn, Medicaid enrollment increases, right?

We've really got to take a proactive approach here.

And this is very much a life-or-death situation for the millions of people with chronic health conditions...

This is an issue that is important to me, important to my constituents across Massachusetts...