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On the recordApril 13, 2015
But if you are an individual out there making $30,000 or $40,000 a year and you have health coverage and the deductible is $6,000 or $12,000, which some of them are, let me suggest to you that you don't have health coverage, because you aren't able to afford the deductible.
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David Reichert
Republican · Washington

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Reichert highlights the unaffordability of health coverage due to high deductibles.

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