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Dick Durbin: “27% of farm families have Obamacare, Affordable Care Act…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Published | Video Starts at 00:37

Let's put farm families back in the farm bill. And what I'm talking about specifically are not only the profits and losses in farm operations, but the burdens that farm families are carrying. 27% of farm families have Obamacare, Affordable Care Act insurance policies. What's happened to those in the last year? Dramatic increases in cost. A farmer in Nebraska, he expects to pay for his wife and himself $32,000 this year for health insurance premiums. (00:37–00:45)

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Asserts that 27% of farm families are insured through the Affordable Care Act.

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