Do you think you would have lost any of them if you did not respond to that request?
Jim McDermott
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Jim McDermott is a former U.S. Representative from Washington, serving from 1989 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Washington's 7th congressional district. During his tenure, McDermott was known for his advocacy on healthcare issues, social justice, and economic equality. He played a significant role in the passage of the Affordable Care Act and was a vocal critic of the Iraq War. McDermott also served on various committees, including the Ways and Means Committee, where he focused on tax policy and healthcare reform.
If you have guaranteed issue, that is preexisting conditions are out of the way, you must have universal coverage.
I think that must be because they think that there is some inherent value in it, that it is the right thing to do.
They are going to have to change some state laws to actually make this rational.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to shift the questions just a little bit or the issues you have been dealing with here.
If they are doing it together, they cannot do it together. Is that what you are saying?
Small business people's problem is the banks will not lend to them unless they have got--I just tried to get my loan refinanced on my house.
I mean, I was here under Clinton when we set the Clinton rates. Okay? I was here in 1993 when we did that vote, 1994, and the country was booming.
Isn't that interesting? Now, here we have a doctor who doesn't know how his pay comes.





