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Paul Tonko: “So given your expressed support for the pre-ACA marketplace where plans that covered even the most basic healthcare…”

On the recordFebruary 1, 2017
So given your expressed support for the pre-ACA marketplace where plans that covered even the most basic healthcare services were astronomically expensive in the individual market pricing out anyone who might actually need care, you clearly support returning to a system where women and all people with preexisting conditions are charged higher prices for the care they need?
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

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Tonko challenges Wieske on supporting a pre-ACA system that raises healthcare costs for women and those with preexisting conditions.

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