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Mark Pocan: “A 60-year-old couple making $85,000 on the Affordable Care…”

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

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Congressman Mark Pocan Discusses Trump's National Guard Deployment and the Impact of the Billionaires' Bill

Published | Video Starts at 08:02

And that often doesn't get talked about. But getting rid of those subsidies, you know, they gave me an example in my district, a 60 year old A 60-year-old couple making $85,000 on the Affordable Care Act...going to have a $16,000 annual increase to their health care costs, 227% increase. So that's, you know, more people losing health care then on the food assistance. 11 million people, you know, they did little things in there. (08:02–08:21)

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Asserts that a couple on the ACA will face a $16,000 increase in health care costs, a 227% rise.

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