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On the recordApril 13, 2016
Now, if you want to get rid of the individual mandate and keep in place the issue for people with preexisting conditions, you put the insurance industry into a death spiral.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott warns against removing the individual mandate while protecting those with preexisting conditions.

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