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Peter Welch: “Employers who care deeply about providing employer sponsored…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 02:26

And we need reliable vaccines and not conspiracy theorists on that. But you know, the health care system is not working for the American people. It is too cost, it's too costly. Our Employers who care deeply about providing employer sponsored health care can't afford these premiums. The folks who are getting their insurance on their own can't afford it. Even Obamacare is getting so expensive because the prices are escalating constantly with farm expenses, with the providers having it, with private equity getting into health care. (02:26–02:32)

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Asserts that employers struggle to afford premiums for employer-sponsored health care.

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