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John Thune: “This last year, over half of the people never filed a claim.”

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

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Sen. John Thune on day 15 of government shutdown | LiveNOW from FOX

Published | Video Starts at 03:06

And as a consequence of that, you have people all across the country. And I said in that market, in that marketplace, you can believe this. This last year, over half of the people never filed a claim. Now, that might mean that they're healthy. Hopefully that's part of the reason. But I think part of the reason is there are a lot of people out there don't … (03:06–03:10)

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Asserts that over half of the people with coverage under the current system did not file a claim last year.

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