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Jack Reed: “This provision, which people say, 'Oh, we really like that'--I don't know if you've seen the polling data, but I would…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2011
This provision, which people say, 'Oh, we really like that'--I don't know if you've seen the polling data, but I would assume it's in the 1980s or 1990s percent; you've got to keep this--would, frankly, require that this universal approach to coverage through private markets has to be maintained also; is that your view?
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Reed discusses the necessity of universal coverage in health care reform.

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