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Maria Cantwell: “18% of U.S. GDP [is spent on healthcare].”

Featuring: Maria Cantwell, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Washington

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Sen. Cantwell Delivers Speech on the Senate Floor on Appropriations, Tariffs, and Health Care

Published | Video Starts at 11:33

But Mr. President, today is the end of enrollment. We need more than a one page plan. There is a lot of details that go into something that's 18% of U.S. GDP [is spent on healthcare]. This is almost one in every five dollars spent in the American economy. And after 15 years, we've heard nothing really from our Republican colleagues on how they are going to drive down the cost of health care. (11:33–11:36)

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Asserts that healthcare accounts for 18% of U.S. GDP.

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