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Robert E. Andrews is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1990 to 2014. During his tenure, he was known for his work on health care issues, particularly related to Medicare and home health benefits. Andrews served on several committees, including the Committee on Education and Labor, where he focused on education reform and labor rights. He was also involved in various initiatives aimed at improving the quality of life for his constituents in New Jersey.
I would like to thank my friend from Florida for yielding and for putting deeds ahead of words when it comes serving our veterans, as I know the full committee does as well. This is an issue on which there is no Republican, Democrat, no…
I think the record will show the reason for that is the credit isn't quite generous enough.
I actually think it is a combination of people with very low incomes being in Medicaid and having some personal responsibility, people with somewhat higher incomes being in a private plan, which is what the law requires.
I think that there is a political dispute about the law; I think it is one we ought to have in the election.
Since the president signed the law private sector employers in this country have added over 4 million new jobs.
The second thing that we could do is expand a public program like Medicaid to include her in it.
If that were fully deductible the in-pocket benefit of that for them would be at a maximum about 15 to 20 percent of that.
We could say, 'Well, sorry, you can't get the appendectomy because you don't have insurance.'
The premise of much of the argument against the Affordable Care Act is that it is a job-killing health care law.
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