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Graham Platner: “A relative of mine had to drop her health insurance because…”

Featuring: Graham Platner, Populist, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Maine

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Like, or who can't afford, who can't even afford ACA coverage now because premiums have gone up by like triple fold. And, and I mean, these are people I know. These are my neighbors. I mean, my, A relative of mine had to drop her health insurance because her premium doubled because of the loss of the ACA extensions. Yeah. And even that, it's like, we're just, even if we keep expanding the subsidies and the credits for the aca, when it keeps going, you're just like, they're raising prices and we're all just subsidizing. (1:01:52–1:02:03)

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Asserts that the loss of ACA extensions caused a doubling of premiums, leading to dropped coverage.

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