Mr. President of Texas, my constituents who are on the Affordable Care act exchanges, otherwise known as Obamacare, are experiencing an 18% increase in their insurance premiums. Now, if you look at Employer provided coverage, which covers many, many more Americans, those increases in costs are going up roughly in the 5 to 6% range. So you might wonder why the huge disparity between Obamacare and the rest of health care. Of course, our health care system is pretty fragmented. (00:22–00:35)
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Asserts that employer-provided coverage costs are increasing by 5 to 6%.
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