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Rob Portman: “Well, $30 million of taxpayer money. It is the same people. These are taxpayers who have found themselves losing their…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2016
Well, $30 million of taxpayer money. It is the same people. These are taxpayers who have found themselves losing their health insurance and now potentially facing claims from providers because their health insurance company that was a federally established, federally subsidized health care company went bust.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Portman highlights the taxpayer burden from failing health insurance companies.

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