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Jeb Hensarling: “Under the Democrat bill, they expressly take it from 200 percent to 300 percent. Yet, you have to read the fine print…”

On the recordOctober 30, 2007
Under the Democrat bill, they expressly take it from 200 percent to 300 percent. Yet, you have to read the fine print because even today there are so many exemptions and so many loopholes that there are States that are insuring people up to $82,000 income for a family of four, and they do nothing to bring this back to the working poor.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the implications of a Democrat bill on income thresholds for insurance coverage.

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