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Shelley Moore Capito: “The plan is to give $26 billion handout to the insurance…”

Featuring: Shelley Moore Capito, Republican | U.S. Senate West Virginia

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Capito Speech on Senate Floor on Healthcare Reform

Published | Video Starts at 04:14

We've been doing this for 39 days. The government's been closed 39 days and yet this offer is supposed to be the bridge to the end. To me, that's just incredible. The plan is to give $26 billion handout to the insurance companies. Here's my second chart which shows the revenues per day, per day of insurance companies that do health insurance benefits through the exchange. I mean, it's not millions, it's hundreds of millions. (04:14–04:22)

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Asserts that the proposed plan includes a $26 billion handout to insurance companies.

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