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Teresa Leger Fernandez: “They refuse to solve a major part of that health care…”

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 01:05

… here, remember, in the middle of the night just five months ago, while Republicans were jamming through a bill that caused a health care crisis. And now we're here because They refuse to solve a major part of that health care crisis, which is those enhanced premium tax credits that are rising. And they're doing it now. The reason we needed to act and act now is because people open those bills, they open those notices, and their premiums are going up. (01:05–01:19)

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Asserts that Republicans refuse to address rising enhanced premium tax credits.

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