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Richard Blumenthal: “A family of four making $130,000 goes from $1,000 to three…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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'It's cruel and it's stupid': Sen. Blumenthal blasts GOP for blocking emergency SNAP funding

Published | Video Starts at 04:07

And in that open enrollment, they're looking at the prices and they're saying it's going to cost them literally double or triple. A family of four making $130,000 goes from $1,000 to three or $4,000. Just as a hypothetical. They can't afford it. So they're saying, what do we do? And that's why we have to meet the need right now. (04:07–04:17)

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Asserts that health insurance costs for a family of four could triple or quadruple.

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