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Bernie Sanders: “In my state of Vermont, we're hearing that people are…”

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

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What will it look like if premiums double for more than 20 million people?

Published | Video Starts at 00:36

I got long Covid. It's going to be about 40% of my income come January 1st. I don't know what I'm going to do if this doesn't get fixed. In my state of Vermont, we're hearing that people are looking at a tripling or a quadrupling of their health insurance premiums. I have a rare type of adult asthma called eosinophilic asthma. Her insurance premium will increase by nearly 1000%. Such a jarring sudden change with only maximum 2 months warning, it's hard to imagine. (00:36–00:44)

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Asserts that health insurance premiums in Vermont may triple or quadruple.

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