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Senator Chuck Schumer

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
543 total appearances

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The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

And even if they did, as you know, as a doctor, they can't provide the kind of health care they need.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

Even more devastating is how the premiums will rise.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

In other words, we want to just renew the tax credits that have existed for a while on your ACA, your Affordable Care Act, or they used to call it Obamacare.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

If they are not renewed, and we asked the Republicans three times, we put votes on the floor, and three times they voted no, unfortunately.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

Here's what will happen.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

The average American.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

who's on ACA will pay $500 to $1,000 more a month.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

Not a year, a month.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

That's, you know, $6,000, $10,000 a year.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

That's budget-breaking for most families.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

Exactly.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

That's the problem.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

They're going to sit at the table Friday night and get their insurance company's new proposals.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

They get them this month.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

By October 31st, every state requires the insurance companies to send it out, I believe, just about every state.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

And you'll see it'll be devastating.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

For older people, it's even worse.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

A couple that's 55 years old, two people 55, who makes like 85,000 a year, which is not that much, particularly with two people working, making 40 or 45 each.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

$25,000 increase.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
The Truth About The Government Shutdown | Senator Chuck Schumer

So these people, and they're starting to get the notices.