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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “There's no market. So they do whatever the hell they want…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #639

Published | Video Starts at 57:14

But it also is going to drive down prices because why is there that absurd differential between 1300 and 22,000? Just because we don't know. Because we don't know. So There's no market. So they do whatever the hell they want. And now there's going to be competition because people will be able to shop. But won't there be lobbyists that aren't there lobbyists just fighting you? I mean, right here it says, here's compiled a list of example of hospitals and childbirth costs in Nashville based on available self Pay cash bundles. (57:14–57:24)

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Asserts that price transparency will introduce competition in healthcare.

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