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Michael Burgess: “We had premiums go from $2,800 to $6,000 across the country.”

On the recordMarch 5, 2019
We had premiums go from $2,800 to $6,000 across the country.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Highlighting rising health care costs post-Affordable Care Act.

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