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Tina Smith: “Trump tariffs are driving up health care costs because a lot…”

Featuring: Tina Smith, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 22:08

And it's going to explode if we don't deal with it. And you know, by the way, one of the things that is driving up health care costs are the Trump tariffs are driving up health care costs because a lot of medical supplies, pharmaceuticals have this tariff on top of them. which means that everything costs more. And you know, I just want to debunk this one thing that our Republican colleagues have been saying. (22:08–22:29)

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Asserts that Trump tariffs increase health care costs by adding tariffs to medical supplies and pharmaceuticals.

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