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James Lankford: “Obamacare is unaffordable.”

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

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James Lankford Addresses Senate's Recess Amid Delayed ACA Vote And Skyrocketing Premiums

Published | Video Starts at 00:26

How do you explain to constituents in Oklahoma why this is happening to them? This is pure and simple an exploration and a problem that the Democrats created several years ago. Obamacare is unaffordable. What is what happened when Obamacare was put in place? Prices skyrocketed in the marketplace during COVID Democrats put an additional subsidy on top of the Obamacare subsidies. (00:26–00:29)

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Asserts that the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is financially unsustainable.

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