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Maria Cantwell: “The Affordable Care act that Congress passed in 2010…”

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

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Sen. Cantwell Spokane Health Care Affordability Event

Published | Video Starts at 12:23

And obviously what we're talking about now, the not addressing the fact that the enhanced tax credits are disappearing. They had every opportunity and we fought and wanted to have amendments to correct this, and we were not successful. The Affordable Care act that Congress passed in 2010 provided tax credits to individuals and small businesses because we knew we needed a marketplace that lowered the costs. Then in 2021 and 2022, in the American Rescue Plan and the inflation Reduction act, that amount of tax credits allowed families to save more. (12:23–12:33)

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Asserts that the Affordable Care Act provided tax credits to lower costs for individuals and small businesses.

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