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John Barrasso: “Over 90% of premiums are subsidized by the federal…”

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 01:07

The insurance companies loved it. Premiums went up 221% and. The stock of the insurance companies went up 500% to 1000%. That's what happened with Obamacare. And now at this point, Over 90% of premiums are subsidized by the federal government. Obamacare was always pricey. It was never affordable. And then during COVID people saw this and said, well, Democrats said, this is bad. As prices keep going up, what do we do? (01:07–01:12)

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Asserts that more than 90% of health insurance premiums are subsidized by the federal government.

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