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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Starting today, October 1st, and throughout the rest of the…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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Discussing the Consequences of the Republican Shutdown with Bernie. | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Why didn't you vote for this clean CR to keep the government open? Well, there's nothing clean about it. This is one of the dirtiest tricks that is being pulled on the American people right now. Starting today, October 1st, and throughout the rest of the month, Americans across this country are going to start getting notifications that their insurance premiums are up to doubling. We're talking about. Say that again, your insurance, your monthly insurance premiums are going to double for millions of people across the country at. (00:38–00:51)

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Asserts that insurance premiums are doubling for Americans starting October 1st.

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