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Kristin Lyerly: “There is a 60-year-old couple in Wisconsin, for example…”

Featuring: Kristin Lyerly, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, District 8

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Manufactured Crisis: How Trump and Republicans Broke Wisconsin's Health Care

Published | Video Starts at 18:11

So Donald Trump gives them cover to not care. Well, how do you take personal responsibility when. And premiums are just like simply unaffordable. In the report, There is a 60-year-old couple in Wisconsin, for example, making $85,000 a year. They are solidly working class. And now they are paying over $31,000 a year for health insurance premiums. Just for the premiums, not even for the deductible, not even for the care itself. That's more than most people's mortgages. Who, who are these people? Who are we actually talking about here? (18:11–18:27)

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