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Eric Hovde: “The rate of healthcare costs have only accelerated faster…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 17:18

It would reduce the rate of cost increases, it would improve the access to care, and you could keep your family doctor. Those were the big three promises of Obamacare. Now let's go look at the results. The rate of healthcare costs have only accelerated faster [since the Affordable Care Act]. The access to care has collapsed even here in our city. Try to get in, see a doctor, get a specific test, look how long it takes. (17:18–17:23)

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Asserts that healthcare costs have increased more rapidly since the Affordable Care Act.

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