In upstate New York, the average family with a plan costing $280 a month today is about to pay $1,700 a month for the same plan next year, a 500% hike. And that starts this Saturday with open enrollment. This crisis will be felt in every community and by nearly every single household. Red, blue, purple, and everything in between. So tonight, Senate Democrats will come to the floor and warn our Republican colleagues in the nation of the devastation Republicans are causing by doing nothing, nothing on health care. (00:39–00:45)
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Asserts that the health care premium crisis will impact nearly every household.
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