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Matt Cartwright: “When somebody gets up and tells you $32 trillion over 10…”

Featuring: Matt Cartwright, Democratic | Former U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 8

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PA 8th Congressional District Debate

Published | Video Starts at 20:15

Much more likely interim situation is allowing people ages 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare, which could be a nice interim solution. But When somebody gets up and tells you $32 trillion over 10 years, what they're not telling you is the other half, which is that it's going to be much more than that if you add up all the healthcare premiums. And studies have shown that we would save money. Thank you so much. Well, we move on to the second round of questioning and Mr. Cartwright will field this question. (20:15–20:28)

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Claims that the $32 trillion cost over 10 years for healthcare does not account for total healthcare premiums, which would be higher.

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