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Susan Monarez: “Private insurance costs are now doubled, the double the rate…”

Featuring: Susan Monarez, Acting Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | National

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Published | Video Starts at 41:45

And when you think about that, when you think about the cost of Medicaid, when you think about, you know, the ACA tax benefits going away and the costs of the marketplace plan going up, when you think about Private insurance costs are now doubled, the double the rate of increase is doubling the rate of the salary increases. The cost of healthcare is, is breaking the backs of hardworking Americans every single day. And a lot of that has to do with the inaccessibility of the front door, which is getting good preventive primary care. (41:45–41:54)

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Claims that private insurance costs are increasing at twice the rate of salary increases.

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