And so this is something we must do with urgency. The estimate is that 15 million people will lose their health insurance because of the big ugly bill. And The failure to extend the Affordable Care Act tax breaks for affordability of people's premiums [is a crisis]. And that is, in my mind, of paramount urgency. Well, Senator, you've identified one of the difficulties with the populist rhetoric, which is we often hear diagnoses that make sense, as you're pointing out. (09:53–10:05)
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Asserts that not extending ACA tax breaks is a crisis for affordability.
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