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Tom Barrett: “Between a third and a half of the programs that were in…”

Featuring: Tom Barrett, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 7

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Candidate Interview: Tom Barrett (R) Representative in Congress - 7th District

Published | Video Starts at 22:41

The rest were approved and are still in existence today. And then on top of that, they looked at the year 2024 in this one specific program. And Between a third and a half of the programs that were in existence had zero medical claims filed against them [in 2024]. So that means the insurance companies got all of the money from federal taxpayers to run those, those programs and paid out zero claims in the process. (22:41–22:48)

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Asserts that a significant portion of government-subsidized healthcare programs did not have any medical claims filed, indicating potential misuse of funds.

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