Jay Rockefeller: “Once fully implemented in 2014, the Affordable Care Act will dramatically reduce the number of uninsured Americans.”

Furthermore, if we are going to potentially burden our government agencies with increased costs that will be associated with complying with the bill, then I think Congress should also provide these agencies with sufficient funding to deal…

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I thank Senator Leahy for attempting to address my concerns about this bill. I thank his committee staff for working with my committee staff to insert clarifying report language.

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