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It is not good not to have health insurance; that leaves the family very vulnerable.

Everyone should have health insurance? I say everyone should have health care. I'm not selling insurance.

We should work to de-link health insurance from employment so if you lose your job, your health insurance goes with you and it is personal, portable and affordable.

People would have a health care insurance policy they can call their own. They could choose one that exactly fits their families' needs and their budgets, be able to take that coverage with them from job to job and be able to fire their insurance company if it doesn't treat them well.

If there is anyone dependent on your income - parents, children, relatives - you need life insurance.

If you're self-employed, between jobs, or can't get insurance through work, you'll have access to affordable health insurance as good as Congressman Paul Ryan's.

I know how critical it is to make sure that people with pre-existing conditions have affordable insurance, and states are able to do that.

If a child, a spouse, a life partner, or a parent depends on you and your income, you need life insurance.

People won't buy insurance until they're sick. If you can call on your way to the hospital and get coverage, it's not really insurance at that point.

The availability of private insurance provides tremendous insulation for millions of individuals.