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Ted Cruz: “Health insurance companies overwhelmingly give political…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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And what the Democrats want to do is give nearly $50 billion of taxpayer money directly to the health insurance companies. They want to engage in corporate welfare and basically pay off. And by the way, the Health insurance companies overwhelmingly give political donations to the Democrats. So it's a corrupt world where they give corporate welfare to the health insurance companies. Health insurance companies, by the way, jack up premiums on Texans and everyone gets hurt. (01:02–01:08)

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Asserts that health insurance companies predominantly donate to the Democratic Party.

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