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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

You see, the people didn't start getting notices until October 1st.

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

And about 12 states have gotten the notices so far, but it's going to be every state by October 31st.

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

What are they going to do?

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

It's like a punch, an economic punch in the stomach.

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

I have two kids.

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

I can't afford $15,000 more a year.

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

I only make $60,000, $70,000.

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

Am I gonna have no health insurance?

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

What am I gonna do if my kid gets sick?

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

What am I gonna do in these situations?

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

So this is one of the most severe and devastating cuts in healthcare that we have ever had.

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

And we feel an obligation to represent the American people in this trauma.

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

And even if you don't have, your Medicare will go up because of deficits.

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

If you have Medicaid, you're in real trouble, of course.

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

And it's not just poor people, and I believe in helping the poor people, of course, but it's middle-class people too because of nursing homes and stuff.

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

But even if you have neither Medicare nor Medicaid nor ACA, your premium is going to go up a lot because the insurance companies have to make up the money they're losing somewhere else.

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

So this is going to be probably certainly the worst crisis in health care.

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

for as long as I can remember.

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

They say we'll have a plan, but they don't say what it is.

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

But for so many of them, they've hated this from the beginning.