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Patty Murray: “We'll go back to where we were 10 years ago. People didn't…”

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Senators Tammy Baldwin & Patty Murray Answer Google Questions on Republicans' Gov't Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 08:38

Well, let me tell you, it is going to impact you big time because the people will not be able to afford their health insurance. They will drop out, they will not get it. We'll go back to where we were 10 years ago. People didn't have insurance, but they still need care. So they show up in the emergency room. They show up when they're seriously ill. The most expensive settings, expensive settings, they cost more. And because they aren't able to pay for it. (08:38–08:45)

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Asserts that the situation will revert to a time when people lacked insurance but still required care.

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