Chuck Schumer: ‘People Will Go Bankrupt, People Get Sick, People Will Die’ Over Expiring ACA Tax Credits

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SCHUMER: “Louisiana stands to lose the most if the ACA premium tax credits expire. According to that report, 85,000 Louisiana residents will lose health insurance. Many will see their premiums skyrocket. The average 60-year-old Louisiana couple making $85,000 a year would see insurance costs rise from $600 a month to $2,000 a month. Hear that, Mr. Speaker? That's your constituents. Good Americans in your own state will suffer the most if the ACA premiums expire. People will go bankrupt. People will get sick. People will die. All because the speaker chose to keep the House on vacation rather than come to work and negotiate with Democrats to fix this health care crisis and end their Trump shutdown.”