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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “I wonder if it would surprise you to learn that 28 percent more Tennesseans gained coverage under the Affordable Care…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2017
I wonder if it would surprise you to learn that 28 percent more Tennesseans gained coverage under the Affordable Care Act, that is 266,000 people in Tennessee who now have coverage which is a far sight better than the 28,000 you referenced who supposedly lost it.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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Wasserman Schultz highlights the increase in coverage due to the Affordable Care Act compared to losses claimed.

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