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John Thune: “The money goes straight to the insurance companies.”

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

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Republicans have put forward serious proposals that would lower the cost of health care.

Published | Video Starts at 00:50

And I think the one thing that's clear about this, and I think you all who follow this subject know this, that the way that the program is structured, The money goes straight to the insurance companies. And the way that we think this ought to work is you ought to come up with a way in which you can deliver the benefit to the patients and not to the insurance companies. (00:50–00:53)

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Asserts that the program's money goes directly to insurance companies.

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