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Shelley Moore Capito: “There's no fraud protections. There's no, it does nothing…”

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 04:49

I mean, it's not millions, it's hundreds of millions. And yet the Democrats want to hand over another $26 billion. So who does it benefit? It benefits the wealthy. There's no fraud protections. There's no, it does nothing, absolutely nothing to lower the cost of health care. And Dr. Cassidy made a compelling argument about that just previously. So while Americans are feeling the consequences of this shutdown, our colleagues answer is to shovel $26 billion to the insurance companies. (04:49–04:57)

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Asserts that the proposed plan lacks fraud protections and does not lower healthcare costs.

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