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Bill Pascrell: And to pay for this change, the majority once again returns to the true-up provision--how many times are you going to go…

On the recordJune 7, 2012
And to pay for this change, the majority once again returns to the true-up provision--how many times are you going to go there?--which only hurts the middle class, who receive needed subsidies to enter the health insurance market. So here's what's going to happen in the health care bill: insurance companies gain a lot of new customers, adding to free enterprise. We're not against that. Medical device companies are going to get a lot of new customers, particularly in the age group which I mentioned before. We're not against free enterprise. But they agreed at the table, since they were all in, and they put it in writing, that they were willing to provide those lowering of costs of close to $2 trillion. You can't go back on a deal--let's call it that. An agreement--let's make it better. I urge my colleagues to protect the Affordable Care Act. Vote ``no'' on this legislation. It will not bring us any closer to health care reform in this country.
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Bill Pascrell
Democratic · New Jersey
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Jun 7, 2012

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