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Brian Schatz: “Those rates on the exchange are subsidized.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:40

Like, oh, I want a family plan, I want this level of deductible. And then it spits out how much you're going to pay every month. What tens of millions of people don't actually know is Those rates on the exchange are subsidized. And without those subsidies, we're going to go back to the bad old days, pre Obamacare, when people would pay absurd amounts of money for their health care insurance, even if they're employed, even if they do have insurance. (04:40–04:45)

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Asserts that health insurance rates on the exchange are subsidized.

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