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Raphael Warnock: “We were trying to get them to expand the premium tax credits…”

Featuring: Raphael Warnock, Democratic | U.S. Senate Georgia

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Sen. Raphael Warnock on Trump, Redistricting Chaos, and the Midterms

Published | Video Starts at 06:25

And then we look around, you know, we can't afford health care. You know, a few months ago we were debating healthcare premiums in this country and We 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 that, literally the health care costs for millions of Americans, some 22 million Americans, doubled on average. (06:25–06:32)

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Asserts that there was an effort to expand premium tax credits for the Affordable Care Act.

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