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Barack Obama: “There are more than 50 million people, people who had…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 57:46

And I have to remind them, you know, the Affordable Care act, it didn't eliminate all problems with health care, but there are 50 million people who got health care that didn't have it before. There are, There are more than 50 million people, people who had pre-existing conditions, and it used to be they couldn't get coverage. If you had a sick kid with a chronic illness, you're a parent, you might not be able to get insurance for your child before the Affordable Care act. (57:46–58:01)

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Asserts that more than 50 million people with pre-existing conditions could not get coverage before the Affordable Care Act.

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