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Tom Barrett: “I've actually sponsored a bill that would require health…”

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 12:50

And yet when you go to use your health insurance, less and less and less is actually covered. And that's something that we have to fix. I've actually sponsored a bill that would require health insurance companies to spend more of what they are taking in in premium to actually pay out in medical claims. It would Increase that required amount for them to use for that. Less would then go into the bureaucratic back and forth between hospitals and insurance companies, and also less … (12:50–13:01)

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Asserts that he sponsored a bill to require insurance companies to spend more on medical claims.

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