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Bernie Sanders: “As a result of not continuing the ACA tax credits, premiums…”

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

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Medicare for All Town Hall with Abdul El-Sayed (LIVE at 7PM ET)

Published | Video Starts at 17:18

It's unbelievable. 85 million uninsured with Trump throwing 15 million people off of Medicaid. Raise that number to 100 million. And As a result of not continuing the ACA tax credits, premiums for people on the Affordable Care Act will, on average, double. in some cases triple or quadruple. So you add it all together, the system is a total, absolute disaster. (17:18–17:31)

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Asserts that discontinuation of ACA tax credits will cause premiums to double on average.

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