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Markwayne Mullin: “Without the premium increase that the health care industry…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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SEN. MULLIN: 'The new bill we're working on has this' | Sunday Morning Briefing

Published | Video Starts at 02:27

Anyways, keep in mind aca, affordable health care has not been affordable. President Obama said it was going to drop premiums by 25%. As we sit here right now, Without the premium increase that the health care industry is putting on the American people, it's up 221%. And why are we subsidizing them an additional 4% when they're making record profits, which I'm a capitalist, I'm okay with insurance companies making money, but taxpayers shouldn't pad their pockets even more. (02:27–02:35)

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