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Hakeem Jeffries: “They want to jack up health insurance premiums, and they're…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Jeffries blasts Stefanik: 'Sycophant' and 'handmaiden for Trump's policies'

Published | Video Starts at 08:53

They haven't lowered costs. Costs have gone up. Inflation on the way up, housing costs too high, grocery costs too high, electricity bills skyrocketing through the roof, inflation. And now They want to jack up health insurance premiums, and they're ripping food away from the mouths of children. at the same time to try to use that as a point of negotiating leverage. That's shameful. It's unconscionable. It's un American. (08:53–09:01)

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Asserts that there are plans to increase health insurance premiums and reduce food assistance.

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