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Mark Kelly: “Jessica, a diabetic, pays $560 a month in her health care…”

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

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Sen. Kelly dodges questions on whether Schumer still has his unequivocal support

Published | Video Starts at 01:51

Well, my hope was that my Republican colleagues would tell him how harmful this is going to be to their constituents. I was speaking to a woman in Yuma just last week. Her name's Jessica, a diabetic, pays $560 a month in her health care premium, going up to $3,100 a month. It's going to be unaffordable for her. So then she gets sick. If she gets worse, she could wind up bankrupt or lose her life because of decisions that this president has made in order to give a big tax cut to the richest Americans. (01:51–01:55)

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Asserts that a constituent's health care premium is increasing significantly.

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