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Mark Kelly: “We are trying to prevent this for the 190,000 people that…”

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

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Senator Mark Kelly speaks on government shutdown | FOX 10 Talks

Published | Video Starts at 02:42

And I think you probably understand this, people just drop their health insurance and then if somebody in their family gets sick or injured, they wind up in bankruptcy. We are trying to prevent this for the 190,000 people that will lose their health insurance. but we are also trying to prevent the other folks who are then going to try to figure out, okay, do I not pay the utility bill this month, or maybe I have to sell my car to afford health insurance. (02:42–02:49)

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