American Cancer Society Issues Statement on Health Insurance Mandate
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"Eliminating the individual mandate risks creating an unbalanced and unsustainable insurance pool. Young and healthy people would be more likely to forego coverage and older, sicker people who need it will have to pay more until it is simply unaffordable--leading to more uninsured Americans.
"Cancer patients, survivors and those at risk for the disease need access to quality insurance coverage at an affordable cost. Willfully undermining a key component of our current health care system without a broader plan in place could be devastating to patients.
"On behalf of all Americans affected by cancer, we urge lawmakers to oppose this provision and take strong, bipartisan steps--like those laid out by Senators
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