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James Lankford: “It's only for about 20 million people. That's a big group…”

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

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Lankford Joins Meet the Press to Discuss the Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 03:38

It is a plus up. That was done during COVID that President Biden put out there. So it's on top of the subsidies that are there. And It's only for about 20 million people. That's a big group. But the other 320 million Americans are still saying, hey, our health care is skyrocketing as well. To Democrats, you're targeting that group of 20 million people when our rates are going up as well. (03:38–03:47)

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Asserts that subsidies target 20 million people, while 320 million face rising health care costs.

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