John Thune: “Since 2013, premiums from Obamacare enrollees have risen…”

“Clean, Mr. President. No reforms, no revisions. Just billions of additional taxpayer dollars to prop up part of a program that has utterly failed to reduce health care costs. Mr. President, Since 2013, premiums from Obamacare enrollees have risen 221%. 221%. In other words, this program is doing the very opposite of lowering health care costs. And as if soaring premiums weren't a big enough problem, the exchanges are rife with potential for waste, fraud, abuse.” (03:00–03:10)

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