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Tim Walz: “The ACA brought down costs for people, got rid of…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Tim Walz Announces $4 Million in Emergency Funding, tells Trump: "Stop Terrorizing People"

Published | Video Starts at 23:17

And of course they're set up to be as, as easy as possible for people to note, navigate. But that also meant it was easy as possible … The ACA brought down costs for people, got rid of pre-existing condition barriers, made sure our children had access to mental health care. … again, that fraud undermines people's faith in systems just like this. And our food banks and our SNAP programs are incredibly secure. Working with federal partners, working with counties, we need to make sure that's the case. (23:17–23:20)

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Asserts that the Affordable Care Act reduced costs, eliminated pre-existing condition barriers, and improved children's access to mental health care.

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