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Bernie Sanders: “Health insurance premiums for the 20 million plus people on…”

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

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… Americans to die unnecessarily every year because they were thrown off of Medicaid and the aca. Further, if the Republicans were to prevail, what it means is that on average, Health insurance premiums for the 20 million plus people on the Affordable Care Act, on average, would double. In my state of Vermont, we have now received information there are some people who would pay a tripling or a quadrupling of their health care premiums when Americans are already paying the highest prices in the world for health care. (01:28–01:36)

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Asserts that ACA premiums would double for over 20 million people if certain legislation passes.

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