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Scott Fitzgerald: “Since Obamacare was fully implemented in 2014, health care…”

Featuring: Scott Fitzgerald, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 5

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Chairman Fitzgerald Opening Statement - Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Obamacare Subsidy Fraud

Published | Video Starts at 00:26

… bill that was promised to the American people as a solution to lower health care spending. But patients have not been protected and healthcare certainly has not become more affordable. Since Obamacare was fully implemented in 2014, health care premiums have risen 129% over three times the rate of inflation during the same period. Additionally, premium subsidies have risen right along with the premiums. In 2014, subsidies cost the taxpayers $20 billion. In 2025 that number ballooned to 130 billion and 110 billion increase in 11 years. (00:26–00:37)

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Asserts that health care premiums have risen 129% since 2014, over three times the rate of inflation.

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