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Bernie Sanders: “So $4,170 a month. What would that be for you for a whole…”

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 01:15

I just logged on this past week and I was finally able to see what the premiums are going to go up to. And if we keep the same plan, it'll go up to $1,003 a month for just health insurance. So $4,170 a month. What would that be for you for a whole year? So $50,000 a year? A year? Can you afford that? No, it just comes at the cost of my financial future. In a way, we will subsidize it out of our until we can sell the house. (01:15–01:22)

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Asserts that a health insurance premium could cost $50,000 annually.

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