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Tammy Baldwin: “It was my provision that allows young people to stay on…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Tammy Baldwin on City Cast Madison podcast

Published | Video Starts at 05:38

And I think, you know that my reason for running for office in the first place was to try to fix our broken healthcare system. And I helped write the Affordable Care Act. I helped, well, It was my provision that allows young people to stay on their parents' health insurance until they turned 26. I go to college campuses and I say, raise your hand if you're on your parents health insurance. It's so almost all the hands go up so we can make a difference, but we have a lot more to do. (05:38–05:46)

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Claims authorship of the provision allowing young people to stay on parents' health insurance until age 26.

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