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On the recordApril 10, 2013
For individuals with high health care needs, this provision provides critically important financial protections that were not widely available in the individual market, prior to enactment of the law.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse emphasizes the importance of financial protections in healthcare for those with high needs.

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