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John Thune: “We already took steps to make health care more affordable…”

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

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Thune: Schumer Shutdown Day 29

Published | Video Starts at 14:07

I should say to association health plans to ways to stop Obamacare's spiral of enriching insurers at the expense of everyday Americans. In fact We already took steps to make health care more affordable and accessible when we passed the one big beautiful bill this summer which expanded health savings accounts and telehealth for Americans. to say nothing of investing heavily in rural health care and ensuring that our health care entitlement programs are focused on those most in need. (14:07–14:17)

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