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Maria Cantwell: “We made substantial progress in covering Washingtonians on…”

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

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Sen. Cantwell Spokane Health Care Affordability Event

Published | Video Starts at 16:37

The impacts of these are that we could see Washingtonians who remain on the exchange as much as a 65% increase in premiums and even higher here for eastern Washington. So we need to remember We made substantial progress in covering Washingtonians on the Affordable Care Act. Now is not the time to try to roll it back. Now is not the time to basically cut Medicaid and have impacts on the system. (16:37–16:43)

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Asserts that substantial progress has been made in covering Washingtonians under the Affordable Care Act.

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