04/21/2015
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"I respectfully cannot agree that a mandate with no penalty in the first year and a maximum penalty of $750 is 'strong.'"
"But to put in your testimony that it's noncontroversial agreement is not accurate."
"My concern is that the Senate bill comes close to this situation because of the extremely weak enforcement of the individual mandate."
"But if you have a pre-existing condition-- one of the things that this health care reform would do, is say that an insurance company can't charge you more because you have pre-existing conditions."