John Thune: “High income people, people making 500, $600,000 a year, can…”

“Mr. President, this is nothing more than a failed program, partly because it is a failed structure with no incentives to reduce costs. And where insurance companies decide to cover you, you may not even know you have coverage in which High income people, people making 500, $600,000 a year, can go into this marketplace and get subsidies from the federal taxpayers. from people who are making 25 to 30, $35,000 a year. That's what we are talking about. That is the fantasy land that the Democrats are trying to take.” (15:54–16:05)

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