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Marco Rubio: “We have an insurance crisis in Florida. It's crazy. I mean…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

#380 Marco Rubio How the U.S. Can Recover from Decades of Decadence - The Realignment Podcast.

Published June 15, 2023 | Video Starts at 20:17

Well, because the jobs that allow you the very basics are not the stress involved alone and trying to figure out, you know, how am I going to pay a mortgage, my insurance bills. And We have an insurance crisis in Florida. It's crazy. I mean, it doubled, almost doubled my home insurance last year. I don't, I don't even want to know, like, I'm dreading it now what's going to come next year. Auto insurance rates are high in some of our markets. (20:17–20:24)

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Asserts that Florida is experiencing an insurance crisis, with home insurance rates nearly doubling.

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