… were trying to get them to expand the premium tax credits for the Affordable Care Act. And they kept telling us, oh, we can't afford to do that. And so As a result of [not expanding the premium tax credits], literally the health care costs for millions of Americans, some 22 million Americans, doubled on average. For some, tripled, quadrupled. We can't afford healthcare. We can't afford childcare. In fact, we heard Donald Trump literally say into the mic when he didn't think anybody would be listening, we can't afford that, say we can't afford childcare. (06:36–06:46)
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Asserts that health care costs doubled for 22 million Americans due to not expanding premium tax credits.
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