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Brian Schatz: “Millions of Americans are giving up their health insurance…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Published | Video Starts at 01:19

Solar is the cheapest new form of energy. Cheap is clean, and clean is cheap. And that is a change. Solar energy is the way to provide relief to ratepayers. Number three, health insurance. Millions of Americans are giving up their health insurance because they literally can't afford it. And as I was doing open enrollment, I was relieved. I was relieved to find out that my health insurance only went up by 12%. The average is double. (01:19–01:25)

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Asserts that millions of Americans are dropping health insurance due to affordability issues.

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