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John Thune: “In my state of South Dakota, it's going to reduce them…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Thune: Health Care 101: How Democrats' Policies Fail Patients and Families

Published | Video Starts at 20:59

And this is the average reduction in premiums across the country, state by state. And like I said it's going to be too far away for you to see, but In my state of South Dakota, it's going to reduce them [premiums] by $900. and that's pretty much going to be true everywhere. Now we can do a lot better if, if we can continue to make some of these reforms and changes in these programs and get those in premium rates even lower. (20:59–21:04)

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Asserts that the proposed plan will reduce premiums by $900 in South Dakota.

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