John Barrasso: “Insurance companies stocks went up from 500 to 1,000%.”

“And remember, President Obama said he would lower the prices by $2,500 a family. Then, you know, to try to prop it up, they sent all this juicy subsidies directly to insurance companies. So Insurance companies stocks went up from 500 to 1,000%. And now Chuck Schumer said, hey, we want even more money directly to insurance companies. That cuts the consumers out.” (03:29–03:34)

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