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John Barrasso: “Insurance costs would go down by $2,500 a family. The exact…”

Featuring: John Barrasso, Republican | U.S. Senate Wyoming

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And Obamacare basically destroyed that possibility. Remember, President Obama promised you could keep your doctor, you could keep your policy, and, and Insurance costs would go down by $2,500 a family. The exact opposite happened. Costs doubled. Insurance companies got very rich because the government kept sending money to national insurance companies to prop up the failures of Obamacare. The subsidies are up 80% of the cost of the insurance. (00:55–01:04)

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Asserts that insurance costs doubled instead of decreasing by $2,500 per family as promised.

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