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Edward Markey: “In Massachusetts, we have approximately 700,000 small…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Senator Markey Hosts Press Conference on Health Care Cuts at Brigham Women's in Boston

Published | Video Starts at 05:23

Nationwide, over 10 billion million small business owners and their employees enrolled in the ACA Marketplace rely on premium tax credits to afford health insurance. In Massachusetts, we have approximately 700,000 small businesses. One small business for every 10 people in the commonwealth. And many of them, thousands of them, are going to see a dramatic increase in their health insurance costs for themselves and for their workers. (05:23–05:34)

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