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Bernie Sanders: “Another 30 million people [are at risk] to see their rates…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Published | Video Starts at 05:37

And we are in the shutdown because we refuse to allow the American health care system to collapse. We refuse to allow 15 million Americans to be thrown off the health care they have and Another 30 million people [are at risk] to see their rates double, and in some cases, more. than I just got. And Peter, my colleague from Vermont, knows this. We just got information from the insurance companies in Vermont. It'll vary up and down in different states. (05:37–05:43)

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Asserts that 30 million people could see their health care rates double or more.

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