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Kevin Hern: “Americans on employer sponsored plans are experiencing the…”

Featuring: Kevin Hern, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 1st Congressional District

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Hern Questions Health CEOs on Rising Premiums & Re-Centering Patients in the Healthcare System

Published | Video Starts at 03:06

The next year she saw her premiums increase nearly 60%. She, like many others, are now paying more for less. And it's not just the marketplace. Americans on employer sponsored plans are experiencing the same exact thing [paying more for less]. I think it's fair to say with the massive amounts of federal tax dollars insurers collect, that you bear some of the responsibility to fix the healthcare affordability issue in this country. (03:06–03:11)

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Asserts that Americans with employer-sponsored plans are also paying more for less coverage.

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