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Peter Welch: “24 million Americans are in jeopardy [of losing health…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Senate Democrats Introduce Three-Year Extension of Health Care Subsidies

Published | Video Starts at 09:11

We've got a calendar that is relentlessly ticking away. And unless we extend these tax credits so that people can continue to have the same health care in 2026 that they had in 2025, 24 million Americans are in jeopardy [of losing health care]. Leader Schumer brought the Democrats together. We felt it was our responsibility to put a concrete plan on the table that would make certain that Americans across the country did not lose their health care. (09:11–09:24)

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