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Angus King: “If you eliminate the ACA, it would actually have a negative impact and make the deficit worse on the whole.”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
If you eliminate the ACA, it would actually have a negative impact and make the deficit worse on the whole.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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King discusses the negative economic effects of fully repealing the Affordable Care Act.

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