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Patty Murray: “This is legislation that will take tens of millions of people off of coverage, cause premiums to spike, target seniors…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2017
This is legislation that will take tens of millions of people off of coverage, cause premiums to spike, target seniors with higher healthcare costs just because of their age, end Medicaid as we know it, and make coverage too expensive for millions of rural and older Americans.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray outlines the negative impacts of the proposed Trump Care legislation.

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