06/11/2012
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"I'm extremely concerned that these waivers are being granted without sufficient evidence that these States would truly see a disruption of their insurance market without such a waiver."
"That's the whole purpose of the individual mandate, is so that we cover people with pre-existing conditions."
"Based on Minnesota's experience, I introduced a bill that was ultimately included in the health reform requiring insurers to spend at least 80 in the small group and individual markets and 85 percent ..."
"We said that the rate of growth of premiums would go down."