Hakeem Jeffries: “Their premiums may actually triple to $24,000 a year.”

“We're talking about a married couple of two individuals, for instance, that makes $88,000 a year, currently receives tax credits from the Affordable Care act and pays about $8,000 a year. Now, this is a situation that's already unaffordable, but Their premiums may actually triple to $24,000 a year. Unable to afford that. That's what we're talking about. And this is a very real thing that is happening right now. We're not going to fix Obamacare or the aca.” (10:58–11:04)

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