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W. Todd Akin: “I have never heard Republicans say, We want to reduce or relax what health insurance companies are doing. We've been…”

On the recordMarch 3, 2010
I have never heard Republicans say, We want to reduce or relax what health insurance companies are doing. We've been railing on the fact that we don't want them to get somebody who is not a medical person between a doctor and a patient. We've been trying to defend that point, and certainly we wouldn't do what this bill does, which allows an insurance company to get between a doctor and a patient, make a medical decision in practice and then not be held accountable for that decision.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Mar 3, 2010

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The speaker addresses concerns about health insurance companies interfering in medical decisions.

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