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Mike Thompson: “In my district, the uninsured rate went from 15.9 percent in 2012 to 9.8 percent in 2014. That is about 50,000 people in…”

On the recordApril 13, 2016
In my district, the uninsured rate went from 15.9 percent in 2012 to 9.8 percent in 2014. That is about 50,000 people in my congressional district who because of Obamacare have access to health care coverage today.
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Mike Thompson
Democratic · California

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Thompson shares statistics on reduced uninsured rates due to Obamacare in his district.

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