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Jay Rockefeller: “There were many more insurance plans than Blue Cross-Blue Shield involved at that time. I just ask the Senator to…”

On the recordMay 16, 1996
There were many more insurance plans than Blue Cross-Blue Shield involved at that time. I just ask the Senator to contemplate the difference between the 25 to 29--and yes, there might be 30 on the one hand--as compared to the one that the Senator as president and chairman of the corporation which he ran picked out on behalf of his employees.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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Discussing insurance plans during a Senate debate.

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