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Mark Warner: “You add 500, 600, 700,000 Virginians going to the emergency…”

Featuring: Mark Warner, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Shutdown Season | Moments with McClellan | Sen. Mark Warner

Published | Video Starts at 02:21

And ultimately that will even collapse health care costs for people who've got other health insurance, private health insurance, because, you know, you add. And this is even before the Medicaid cuts come in, You add 500, 600, 700,000 Virginians going to the emergency room, the most expensive part of our health care system, and everybody's going to. Costs are going to go up. And what I guess frustrates me, and I joked about this, but the fact that the speaker has kept the house members out for now, three weeks on end. (02:21–02:31)

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Asserts that 500,000 to 700,000 Virginians may resort to emergency rooms, increasing healthcare costs.

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