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Byron Donalds: “Public universal health care has never worked in any country…”

Featuring: Byron Donalds, Republican | U.S. House, Florida, District 19

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Published | Video Starts at 39:28

We have to acknowledge that the Unaffordable Care act that was passed by congressional Democrats and then President Obama was designed for premiums and deductibles to continue to rise in private markets. So you would funnel people into a public system. And Public universal health care has never worked in any country in the world because it takes far too long to get the care that you need and the services are limited. There's some countries that would disagree with you. Those countries would disagree with me. But their people come to the United States to get their health care, and that's a fact. (39:28–39:37)

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Asserts that public universal health care is ineffective globally due to delays and limited services.

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