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Steve Cohen: I would just say I do not know why anyone who could get free insurance, free to them, insurance through their parents'…

On the recordJuly 31, 2013
I would just say I do not know why anyone who could get free insurance, free to them, insurance through their parents' policy, would choose instead to go on the marketplace and pay for insurance, even if they get a subsidy.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen questions the logic of choosing marketplace insurance over free parental coverage.

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