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Maria Cantwell: “Insurers who are citing tariffs for increased health care…”

Featuring: Maria Cantwell, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Washington

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Sen. Cantwell Southwest Washington Health Care Affordability Event

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And as mentioned, the tariffs aren't making it any easier because both supplies and pharmaceuticals are also going up. A new Kaiser Family foundation analysis says that Insurers who are citing tariffs for increased health care costs are saying they're raising those premiums by an additional 3%. above what they would have requested because of the tariffs. So. So in a time when everything else is even more expensive, groceries and household goods, the last thing we want to do is make health care more expensive, too. (16:30–16:41)

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Asserts that tariffs are causing insurers to raise premiums by an additional 3%.

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