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Donald Trump: “Obamacare was created to make insurance companies rich with…”

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President Trump delivers remarks in Iowa

Published | Video Starts at 42:06

I've recently introduced my plan to repair the damage of the Unaffordable Care act, the worst disaster, which now costs many families more than a mortgage. If you look, the number came out bigger cost than a mortgage and it's bad health care. Obamacare was created to make insurance companies rich with government subsidies. I want all that money that gets paid to the insurance companies to get paid directly to the people. That's all I want. So that you can buy better health care at a lower cost. (42:06–42:12)

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Asserts that Obamacare was designed to benefit insurance companies financially through government subsidies.

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