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Dick Durbin: “Nearly 1 in 10 people nationwide who were on Affordable Care…”

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

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Sen. Durbin on the Affordability Crisis

Published | Video Starts at 03:12

In March, the Consumer Price Index, the leading measure of inflation, rose to 3.3%. And after the President's Iran war, with spiked oil prices and increased uncertainty for business owners, Nearly 1 in 10 people nationwide who were on Affordable Care Act last year were forced to drop their health insurance altogether. After the president and Republicans in Congress cut Medicaid and ACA by hundreds of billions of dollars, the price of groceries, child care, rent, utility bills and many other basic necessities keep going up. (03:12–03:20)

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Asserts that 10% of ACA users dropped their health insurance.

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