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Bill Cassidy: “When it comes to insurance premiums, you can't make this up. This is a fellow from Homewood, LA. His first name is Mark…”

On the recordDecember 2, 2015
When it comes to insurance premiums, you can't make this up. This is a fellow from Homewood, LA. His first name is Mark; we scratched out his last name. This is his letter from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana informing him that his policy, which had previously been $207 per month, was going up in 2016 to $961 per month. His policy, which had been roughly $2,400 a year, is going up to $11,500 a year. And this is because of the Affordable Care Act--the Unaffordable Care Act.
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Bill Cassidy
Republican · Louisiana
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govinfo.gov
Dec 2, 2015

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