But again, you're not dealing with it in a vacuum. Senator, I know you're a businessman and you get the economic principles here. Let's talk about, let's talk about, let's talk about the premium projections. The CBO says the first year premiums according to, compare their baseline to be higher, 20% higher. Again, that's, you know, largely because we give people the freedom to choose whether or not they want to buy this grossly expensive Obamacare now, and they choose not to do so. (02:43–02:50)
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