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Rick Scott: “The health care system is way too expensive. It's caused by…”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

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FULL SPEECH: Senator Rick Scott Addresses CPAC 2026 - 03/28/26

Published | Video Starts at 19:37

So Trump's fighting on inflation, but who's causing it? Government spending. Trump doesn't get to pass the budget. Congress does. The health care system is way too expensive. It's caused by government. housing, child care. Almost everything is more expensive because of government. So how do we solve these problems? Stop asking government to fix it and get government the hell out of our lives. (19:37–19:42)

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Asserts that government actions are responsible for the high costs of the healthcare system.

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