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Mehmet Oz: “The big issue is the fundamental flaws within the ACA as…”

Featuring: Mehmet Oz, Republican | Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 36:33

So there can be a lot of hair pulling and scratching, mudslinging. But the fundamental reality for most Americans is that although it is an increase in spending, that's not the big issue. The big issue is the fundamental flaws within the ACA as they were created 15 years ago. We want government reopened so that we have people working, running the numbers, trying to help experts, actuarials, insurance company experts, to try to figure out more holistic ways of dealing with the bigger challenges that we face in America. (36:33–36:39)

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Asserts that the ACA has fundamental flaws from its creation 15 years ago.

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