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Ayanna Pressley: “Republicans will send premiums sky high just to stop…”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

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Rep. Ayanna Pressley Condemns Republican Attacks on Healthcare, Demands Vote to Extend ACA Subsidies

Published | Video Starts at 00:44

This is a health care crisis Republicans created and it is intersectional. Abortion care is health care. The Republicans are using abortion once again, abortion care as a political bargaining chip. The truth. Republicans will send premiums sky high just to stop families from using their own money on a plan that covers abortion. They're not just putting health care out of reach for millions, they're further restricting reproductive care. The shame and the sham of it all. (00:44–00:52)

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Asserts that Republicans would increase premiums to prevent abortion coverage.

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