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Bernie Sanders: “We're going to see over 20 million Americans see a doubling…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 00:32

According to a variety of studies, 50,000 of our fellow Americans will die unnecessarily each year, every year, because they've been thrown off of health care. 50,000Americans every year dying unnecessarily. In addition, We're going to see over 20 million Americans see a doubling of their health insurance premiums through the Affordable Care act. which are already sky high. So you're going to have people paying 40, 50% of their incomes just for health care, which is basically insane. (00:32–00:42)

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Asserts that over 20 million Americans will experience doubled health insurance premiums through the Affordable Care Act.

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