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John Thune: “The cost of health care in this country is three times the…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:53

So is there any update you can give us on that? If you look at just since Obamacare, those 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. So this whole idea that this is going to save you money or you're going to have, you know, if you like the plan, you can keep it all. (04:53–04:58)

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Asserts that healthcare costs have increased at a rate three times that of inflation.

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