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Mike Rogers: “If we flip it over and make the government a consumer for…”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Michigan

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Former Rep. Mike Rogers mulls White House bid

Published | Video Starts at 11:50

One of the things that we can do, again, no cuts. We're going to save money. And we have data driven results on this. So this isn't some ideological number. If we flip it over and make the government a consumer for the citizens of the United States, not a provider, costs go down and health outcomes go up, and we save a tremendous amount of money. So Medicare Advantage plans already exist. We just need to flip this over. Let them take the control of trying to provide healthcare, providing healthcare, good health care, and managing people's health. (11:50–12:04)

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Asserts that making the government a consumer rather than a provider would reduce costs and improve health outcomes.

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