Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party Spokeswoman Donna Cassutt says that although state insured numbers are high, the number of uninsured Americans is still unacceptable. :26
“This legislation ends gender rating in insurance,” said Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md), praising the Affordable Health Services Act that passed through the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Wednesday for ending the apparent presence of gender discrimination in health care. (0:34)
Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) says that at any given time throughout the year there are approximately 80 to 90 millions Americans without health care coverage. He comments that the implications of this statistic are “devastating” (0:21)
