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Chris Van Hollen: “4 million Americans are going to lose access to their…”

Featuring: Chris Van Hollen, Democratic | U.S. Senate Maryland

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And if we don't address this ticking time bomb that is going to make health care costs for 20 million Americans go higher, and frankly, every American's health care costs are going to go up because 4 million Americans are going to lose access to their affordable care altogether. When they show up in the emergency room, you know who ends up paying the bill? Everybody else, because everyone else's insurance rates go up. (14:10–14:15)

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