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Steny Hoyer: “This bill rescinds funding from [the Patient-Centered…”

Featuring: Steny Hoyer, Democratic | U.S. House Maryland, 5th Congressional District

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Hoyer: This Bill is Another Example of One Simple Message to the American People: You're on Your Own

Published | Video Starts at 04:13

… people access health care, education and employment opportunities, the majority is using this bill to in many ways dismantle, as the ranking member said, the Affordable Care Act. To start, This bill rescinds funding from [the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)], which saves the taxpayer and helps bring costs down across our health care system. And it takes $2 billion in user fees from the state health care exchanges, squandering money we've already collected and making it harder for those without employer provided coverage to to get insurance they need. (04:13–04:21)

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Asserts that the bill rescinds funding from PCORI, impacting taxpayer savings and healthcare costs.

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