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John Barrasso: “Obamacare subsidies make it too easy to scam the system.”

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

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Barrasso Rips Democrats' One-Size-Fits-All Obamacare Disaster

Published | Video Starts at 02:11

They're not going to pay any attention to the reforms that are needed because of the waste, the fraud, the abuse and the corruption. And in just today's Washington Post, the editorial in today's Washington Post, Obamacare subsidies make it too easy to scam the system. That's what's happening. This system is full of waste, fraud and abuse because they make it too easy to scam the system. Well, I oppose sending these payments directly from the federal government to the insurance companies. (02:11–02:16)

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Asserts that Obamacare subsidies facilitate scamming the system, as per a Washington Post editorial.

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