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Ron Wyden: “They don't even do anything about criminal penalties for…”

Featuring: Ron Wyden, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Oregon

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Published | Video Starts at 07:48

Late last night, Republicans in the Senate revealed their alternative. Increase insurance premiums by thousands of dollars and deductibles by thousands more and give people a snake oil alternative, a savings account. And They don't even do anything about criminal penalties for fraudsters the way we do. I'm going to use two examples to illustrate how disconnected the Republican plan is from the reality that Americans face. First, imagine a woman nearing Medicare age who's battling breast cancer. (07:48–07:56)

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Asserts that the Republican plan lacks measures against fraudsters, unlike the Democratic plan.

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