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Mark Pocan: “A 60 year old couple making 85,000 in my district with the…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 22:54

300 billion is being cut in subsidies. The whole idea is the subsidies make it correct. But we were given fact that if we had A 60 year old couple making 85,000 in my district with the changes in that bill... would have a 227% increase in premium, $16,000 additional for their health care. because of these cuts. So of course some of those folks are not going to be able to do that and they're going to lose their health care. (22:54–23:09)

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Asserts that a 60-year-old couple in his district would face a 227% premium increase, costing $16,000 more due to bill changes.

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