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Teresa Leger Fernandez: “If it wouldn't have been for the Affordable Care Act, I…”

Featuring: Teresa Leger Fernandez, Democratic | U.S. House New Mexico, 3rd Congressional District

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Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez Grills Republicans on the Rising Price of Obamacare

Published | Video Starts at 05:56

And he was talking about how the Affordable Care act is so bad. But you know what? I'm a cancer survivor. And so If it wouldn't have been for the Affordable Care Act, I would not be able to get insurance because it was a pre existing condition. You know what else I am? I am a woman. And because I was a woman and could have had babies, I would have also been a pre existing condition. (05:56–06:04)

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Asserts that the Affordable Care Act allowed her to get insurance despite a pre-existing condition.

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