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James Talarico: “That big ugly bill is going to kick millions of Texans off…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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Published | Video Starts at 08:49

If we're cutting some of those profit margins for these giant health care companies, I'm all for it. But that's not what's being proposed in, in Washington right now. That big ugly bill is going to kick millions of Texans off their health care right now. This government shutdown is all about the Republicans trying to raise premiums on working people. Those folks who can no longer afford to pay those higher premiums, they're going to drop their health insurance. (08:49–08:54)

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Asserts that a bill will remove millions of Texans from health care.

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