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On the recordMarch 10, 1995
Also look at the parallel that we talked about a moment ago between the plaintiff who has been concerned about--say it is a self-employed individual, been concerned about his family, has bought insurance for the family for years, compared to a plaintiff who has never bought insurance and not because of income, comparable income rates, they have the same injury, that plaintiff without insurance gets to go into court and say, ``Look at all the medical bills I have, give me a big award.'' They do not have that with this. What we are doing is we are setting a public policy against people having insurance.
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia

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Discussing the implications of insurance on court awards during a committee meeting.

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