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Brian Schatz: “People's premiums are going up this coming week by letter.”

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

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Schatz: People's Health Care Premiums Are Going Up Now, It's Time To Act

Published | Video Starts at 00:17

I'm struck by the extent to which sort of DC brain has infected us all, where we think that this is some sort of cooked up demand. The reason that we are trying to take action now on health care is because People's premiums are going up this coming week by letter. I got a text from a buddy of mine. He got a letter, 40% increase for his father's premiums. This is not a talking point. This is not an allegation. (00:17–00:25)

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Asserts that health insurance premiums are increasing imminently.

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