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Bernie Sanders: “In Vermont, for a couple, a family of four of $129,000…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 06:03

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. In Vermont, we are seeing in Burlington. In Vermont, for a couple, a family of four of $129,000, their premiums are going to quadruple. quadruple. Going from. About $900 a month to somewhere around $3,600 a month. That family of four in Burlington, Vermont, will be spending about $55,000 a year on health care. (06:03–06:08)

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Asserts that health care premiums for a family of four in Vermont will quadruple.

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