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Chris Murphy: “West Virginia [will see a premium increase of] 387%.”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Published | Video Starts at 10:29

And, Peter, when you said that, I've got this list here of the states that are going to see the biggest increases in their premiums, West Virginia, Wyoming, Alaska, Tennessee, these are in order. West Virginia [will see a premium increase of] 387%. We've been talking about doubling tripling. But if you go down the list, you go down this list and like. The first 12, 14, 15 of the states that will see the biggest premium jumps are red states. (10:29–10:37)

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