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On the recordMarch 15, 2017
Which is why we call it insurance, because it is risk management and not relief, which is what I think a lot of people expect when they pay subsidized policies, is relief instead of insurance.
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Deborah Koff Ross
Democratic · North Carolina

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Ross emphasizes the difference between insurance and disaster relief expectations.

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