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Mark Pocan: “A couple 60 years old making 85,000 in my district that…”

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

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Representative Mark Pocan Discusses Controversial Budget Bill and Health Report Issues

Published | Video Starts at 09:59

Millions of people will pay more for health insurance because there's a provision and we don't have the numbers on this where they take away some of the subsidies for the Affordable Care Act. $300 billion worth. There was an example of A couple 60 years old making 85,000 in my district that their insurance would go up 227%, up a $16,000 increase under the provision that's in the House pass bill. That seems unachievable. Yes. And that's the problem. Right. So much of the House bill is, is ridiculously over the top bad. (09:59–10:11)

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Asserts that a couple's insurance costs would increase by 227%, or $16,000, under the House bill.

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