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John Thune: “They seem to be okay with a 90% fraud rate.”

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

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Thune: Even Democrats Admit Obamacare Has Failed

Published | Video Starts at 05:49

But as Democrats have made clear with this, quote, clean bill, they're not really after health care solutions. They seem to be okay with a 90% fraud rate. They're after a political issue to attempt to batter Republicans with during this next election year. And if that means a proposal to throw more money at a program they know very well, very well is failing, it's documented. (05:49–05:54)

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Asserts that Democrats are accepting of a 90% fraud rate in Obamacare.

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