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Mark Pocan: “15 million people are going to ultimately lose their health…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Published | Video Starts at 00:26

We'll have the rate increases for the Affordable Care act for almost everyone's group plans. And I think that will show what we've been talking about all along, which is 15 million people are going to ultimately lose their health insurance because of the [Affordable Care Act]. big, ugly law. And right now, I had an employer told me just a couple weeks ago that their new increase for next year in insurance is 41%, and that's because of the uncompensated care created by the Affordable Care Act. (00:26–00:31)

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