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Mark Pocan: “Under the current administration, those [Affordable Care…”

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

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Congressman Mark Pocan Discusses Universal Healthcare with Dr. Speaker A and Trade Expert Laurie from RethinkTrade

Published | Video Starts at 27:45

But even there though, it's still the marketplace model. It's because there's a subsidy available to do that. Now Under the current administration, those [Affordable Care Act] subsidies are going to, a lot of them are going to go away. $300 billion worth, we were told, a 60 year old couple making 85,000 in my district on the Affordable Care act, the increase under the bill would be about $16,000 a year. (27:45–27:50)

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Asserts that many Affordable Care Act subsidies will be eliminated under the current administration.

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