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David Schweikert: “That's $600 billion this year in healthcare costs.”

Featuring: David Schweikert, Republican | U.S. House, Arizona, District 1

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Published | Video Starts at 24:22

If you are diabetic, if you follow your regime, you should be fine. 16% of US health care is people that don't take, don't follow their regiment. That's $600 billion this year in healthcare costs. You care about US debt, think about something crazy. You could actually just do a pill bottle that beep, set the cap for 99 cents. (24:22–24:30)

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Asserts that non-adherence to medical regimens costs $600 billion annually in healthcare.

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