James Lankford: “Obamacare, when it was first released, it was, it's going to…”

“… continue to send billions of dollars to insurance companies and hope insurance companies will bring down premiums. That's not worked. That's not worked for years. Now. You go back to Obamacare, when it was first released, it was, it's going to bring down rates 25%. Can anyone tell me that their rates have gone down 25% anywhere in this? And so the president's proposal was pretty straightforward. Stop sending money just insurance companies, hope it gets better.” (02:33–02:38)

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