On the recordJuly 16, 2013
If you are going to cover everybody in this room, you have to have everybody in here paying into the program, on some level.
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congress.govIf you are going to cover everybody in this room, you have to have everybody in here paying into the program, on some level.
McDermott emphasizes the necessity of an individual mandate for universal coverage.
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