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Chuck Schumer: “You pay $25,000 more for your health insurance.”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Sen. Chuck Schumer says Republicans are 'feeling the heat' about the American health care crisis

Published | Video Starts at 01:32

How do they afford that in terms of their insurance? And if you're a couple, an elderly couple, 55 year old couple making 80,000, say 40,000 each, a coup, You pay $25,000 more for your health insurance. So working families are sitting around the table, the kitchen table at night and saying, what am I going to do? I can't afford this health insurance, but I need health insurance for my family. (01:32–01:36)

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