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James Lankford: “Democrats said let's just extend the current subsidies three…”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Published | Video Starts at 02:44

Why not act now to keep plans affordable while you figure out the solution that you were just outlining? Yeah, we actually have done that. We voted in the Senate two different sets of proposals. Democrats said let's just extend the current subsidies three more years. No reforms, no changes. They wanted to have unlimited caps that literally any amount of income could get Obamacare subsidies on top of it. (02:44–02:48)

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