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On the recordJuly 31, 2017
If your house is on fire, you want to put out the fire, and the fire in this case is the individual health insurance market.
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Maggie Hassan
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Hassan compares the healthcare crisis to a house on fire, stressing immediate action.

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