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Vicente Gonzalez: “A 60-year-old couple family of four making $82,000 a year…”

Featuring: Vicente Gonzalez, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 34

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Congressman Vicente Gonzalez on Inside Valley Politics

Published | Video Starts at 00:50

That's going to hurt hundreds of thousands of people in South Texas and it's going to hurt millions of Americans that are going to be kicked off health care next year simply because they can't afford it. For example, A 60-year-old couple family of four making $82,000 a year will have a health care premium increase of $16,800. That is tremendous. That's almost 300% increase. And a lot of these folks can't afford it. So what happens? (00:50–01:02)

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