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Joe Pitts: “Insurance companies would be empowered to avoid caring for the sick people who cut into their profit margin.”

On the recordMay 24, 2011
Insurance companies would be empowered to avoid caring for the sick people who cut into their profit margin.
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Pitts warns that the legislation favors insurers over patients needing care.

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