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Andy Biggs: “You treat the money that an individual or a small…”

Featuring: Andy Biggs, Republican | U.S. House Arizona, District 5

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Published | Video Starts at 11:21

And look, you, one of the things you're, that you're talking about is, is one of the things that I've talked about and I've got in some of my legislation. That is You treat the money that an individual or a small self-created group spends on health insurance the same way that this with the same kind of tax break that you give to employers. I mean, why are we taxing an individual who wants to make those choices themselves? So that makes no sense at all to penalize people if they for the crime of wanting to make their own health decisions. (11:21–11:36)

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Asserts that individuals or small groups should receive the same tax breaks on health insurance as employers do.

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