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Maria Cantwell: “The tariffs that are increasing the cost of health care…”

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

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Sen. Cantwell Spokane Health Care Affordability Event

Published | Video Starts at 11:58

This is a real threat to the affordability of health insurance from small businesses and workers who purchase health insurance on the exchange. And also we've had two other phenomenons. The tariffs that are increasing the cost of health care, both in the supplies and in pharmaceuticals. 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. (11:58–12:05)

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Asserts that tariffs are raising the cost of healthcare supplies and pharmaceuticals.

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