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Mark Kelly: “He gets his health care from the Affordable Care act, from…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Published | Video Starts at 01:44

Let me tell you a story about a guy named Brent from Mesa. This guy worked in public safety for 34 years. He left that job. Now he's a substitute teacher. He gets his health care from the Affordable Care act, from the exchange. He pays $339 a month. That's going to go up by $900. He'll be paying over $1,100 a month for him and his wife. He can't afford it. This guy has an autoimmune disease. He's got lupus. This isn't fair to him. (01:44–01:53)

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Asserts that a constituent's health care costs will increase by $900 under the Affordable Care Act.

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