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Kevin Hern: “With the massive amounts of federal tax dollars insurers…”

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 03:12

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. 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. You all are very talented CEOs, you get paid well, you have great companies. We all got to be in this together. While it's input cost, we all understand how the insurance market works. (03:12–03:21)

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Asserts that insurers, who collect significant federal tax dollars, are partly responsible for addressing healthcare affordability.

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