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John Thune: “You shouldn't have hardworking Americans subsidizing…”

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 01:02

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. And that You shouldn't have hardworking Americans subsidizing affluent people, people who make a lot of money. And that's what their proposal continues to do. There is no income limit. There are zero dollar premiums. There are millions of Americans who don't even know they have coverage and they have decided not to do anything. (01:02–01:09)

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Asserts that the current program results in hardworking Americans subsidizing affluent individuals.

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