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John Thune: “It used to be 400% of poverty, which for a family, 4 is…”

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

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Why? Because in 2021, they took off the income caps. There are no income caps on this program. It used to be 400% of poverty, which for a family, 4 is about 128 grand a year. They took the caps completely off, blew the caps up. So now you got people making 5, 600 grand a year who are getting subsidies from people who are making $25,000 a year in this marketplace. (12:15–12:21)

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Asserts that the previous income cap was 400% of poverty, approximately $128,000 for a family of four.

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