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DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement today on the new report from the National Women’s Law Center which shows that in states across the country, women continue to pay more than men for health insurance—an unfair gender gap that will continue until the part of President Obama’s health reform law that bans this practice goes into effect in 2014.

Today, following Mitt Romney’s comments in Iowa that he did not understand the difference between entitlements like Medicare and Medicaid until he got into government, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman released the following statement.

DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz today released the following statement recognizing December 1 as World AIDS Day.

Following tonight’s vote in Mississippi on Amendment 26, the so-called “Personhood” Amendment, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement.

DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement on Andrea Mitchell’s announcement that she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

"Since Medicare was signed into law in 1965, generations of American seniors have enjoyed the iron-clad guarantee of quality health care. As a result, Americans across the country have been able to live out their retirement in better health and with greater dignity."

"On this anniversary of the implementation of Medicare, I as a Representative of tens of thousands of Florida seniors and the Democratic Party reaffirm our commitment to protecting Medicare and guaranteeing that this program marks many more successful years."

"Today's decision by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold the Affordable Care Act is a victory for all Americans – from seniors who are able to obtain free preventive care to young people who are able to stay on their parents’ insurance longer. "