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Rashida Tlaib: “So Mr. Lynch, there are two drivers, true fact, who can talk to each other from across the street in their driveways…”

On the recordApril 30, 2019
So Mr. Lynch, there are two drivers, true fact, who can talk to each other from across the street in their driveways, they are the same age, they have the same driving history, the same car, the same credit score, what I can't figure out is why a driver who lives in Detroit on the side of Mack Avenue gets quoted double the price for basic minimum coverage than a driver who lives right across the street on Mack Avenue on the Grosse Pointe Side?
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Tlaib questions the significant price difference in insurance based on geographic location.

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