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Bernie Sanders: “Doubling premiums in the richest country in the history of…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 00:31

What does it mean to you if your premiums are doubled? So here is what we are asking you to do. All Republican senators, tell them that Doubling premiums in the richest country in the history of the world is unacceptable. Tell them that throwing 15 million fellow Americans off of health care is unacceptable. Tell them that they cannot do it alone. They need to negotiate so that we can save health care and reopen the government. (00:31–00:38)

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Asserts that doubling health care premiums is unacceptable in the United States.

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