Unusual for a senator not to be long. We have a whole hour, really. I mean, but essentially there's a ripple effect throughout the insurance industry so that everybody is affected. Everybody pays more because the sickest people have to get insurance. The invincible young people who feel nothing's going to happen to me buy insurance because of the increases in price. So there are fewer people to make possible the premiums that support health care insurance for everyone. (14:56–15:01)
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Asserts that insurance costs are rising because sick individuals are required to get insurance.
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