We need these people that have no place else to go to have a place to buy their health insurance. I've got thousands of people in South Dakota. Matter of fact, the chances are We could lose 18,000 people who can't afford their health insurance if we don't do something to help them. We want to help them, but we're not going to do it if we're held hostage. Okay, I get that. But it's November 7th. Right now we're talking about January 1st deadline. (02:50–02:57)
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