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Mike Rounds: “People with incomes over 400% of the poverty level are…”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

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Published | Video Starts at 01:13

But right now, just in the last year, we've already had fraud cases come on. There are criminal indictments about the way that there's been marketing on these particular products. We recognize that People with incomes over 400% of the poverty level are getting a huge amount of subsidies right now in [this accelerated one on] Obamacare. These can't go on. And so we want to work on it. We'll work with our Democratic colleagues, but we're going to try to reduce the cost of health care in America, not just throw $35 billion into it and say make a deal later. (01:13–01:24)

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Asserts that individuals with incomes over 400% of the poverty level receive significant subsidies under Obamacare.

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