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Barack Obama: “Almost 50 million people have gotten health care because of…”

Featuring: Barack Obama, Democratic | 44th President of the United States | National

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Barack Obama campaigning for Kamala Harris, Philadelphia

Published | Video Starts at 31:42

So when I was president, we didn't. Solve all the problems with our health. Care system, but 50 million people who got health care, who didn't have it. … Almost 50 million people have gotten health care because of [Obamacare] that didn't have it before. … The Biden Harris administration, making insulin, capping it at 35 bucks, making prescription drug. Prices, that helped somebody. It made their lives a little better. And all that better adds up. (31:42–31:55)

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Asserts that nearly 50 million people gained health care through Obamacare.

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