James Lankford: “You could get half a million dollars a year of income and…”

“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. You could get half a million dollars a year of income and get Obamacare subsidies. That's the current structure that they're in. We actually brought it and said, hey, instead of sending money to insurance companies, which is what Democrats want to do, why don't we get those dollars to individuals and to be able to give them greater choice.” (02:32–02:37)

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