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John Thune: “Obamacare exchanges went live a little over 10 years ago.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:47

Well, one of the things that the Democrats brought to the surface and it was talked about quite a bit during the shutdown, was health care. So is there any update you can give us on that? If you look at just since Obamacare exchanges went live a little over 10 years ago. the cost of health care in this country is three times the rate of Inflation, three times the cpi. I mean, it's exploded. (04:47–04:58)

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Asserts that Obamacare exchanges have been operational for over a decade.

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