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Mike Enzi: “I am not a lawyer; I am an accountant, and I can tell you that this adds up to employers scaling back, even dropping the…”

On the recordJune 21, 2001
I am not a lawyer; I am an accountant, and I can tell you that this adds up to employers scaling back, even dropping the coverage they now provide. Is this how we propose to protect patients? The problem, at the end of the day, is that there is no fairy tale for hard-working Americans who currently receive health care from their employer. Instead, they are left with the nightmare of more expensive care, reduced benefits, or, in the worst case, losing access to care altogether. That is unacceptable for insured Americans. The logical question is, How in creation does this address the problem of uninsured working Americans? I leave my colleagues to mull that over.
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Mike Enzi
Republican · Wyoming

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Discussing the impact of health care policies on employer-provided coverage.

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