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Teresa Leger Fernandez: “My brother lost his health insurance. That inhaler would…”

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

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Madam Clark, the issue of that inhaler, one of the stories that was told to me was a friend of mine said, I want you to take this story back. My brother lost his health insurance. That inhaler would cost $10 or $20 with his insurance. He'd have to go to the emergency room to get a ten dollar inhaler because without insurance it costs $400. He died gasping for breath because he couldn't afford inhaler. People will die with this decision that Republicans seem to want to make. (14:27–14:45)

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Asserts that without insurance, an inhaler costs $400 compared to $10-$20 with insurance.

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