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John Thune: “This does nothing, nothing to lower the cost of health…”

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

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Thune: Health Care 101: How Democrats' Policies Fail Patients and Families

Published | Video Starts at 18:18

Run up the cost in the individual marketplace like that. But. But have the American taxpayers pay for it and then go tell people that you're trying to keep their premiums down. This does nothing, nothing to lower the cost of health insurance. Mr. President. And so Republicans will offer up something as an alternative. And just as a point of fact, it contains some provisions in it which tries to move us away from a couple of the features of the Obamacare exchanges. (18:18–18:24)

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Asserts that the current program does not lower health insurance costs.

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