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Katherine Clark: “That's $9,600 a year.”

Featuring: Katherine Clark, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 5th Congressional District

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Published October 15, 2025 | Video Starts at 20:36

Let's take Shawna Verstigen. She's a mom of two in Wisconsin who says she is sick to her stomach because her monthly premiums are about to rise by 800amonth. That's $9,600 a year. And for what? So Republicans can cut taxes for the billionaire class at the expense of everyone else. And I mean everyone. This is not about party or ideology or geography. (20:36–20:40)

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Asserts that the annual increase in Shawna Verstigen's health insurance premiums is $9,600.

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