03/25/2009
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"Anyone proposing changes to the ACA, repealing the ACA, altering it in any way, should make sure that that is a central plank, because that was a moral failing, in my judgment."
"I see it extending coverage to more than 60 million Americans, many Hispanic Americans who have seen among the largest increase in insurance coverage."
"It has not--I repeat, not, and this is particularly important as we go into the budget debates we are going to have, Mr. Chairman--added to the deficit."
"It has not led to massive increases in health spending or premiums, but rather it slowed the growth in health costs to the lowest level in half a century."