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Tom Barrett: “I've introduced legislation to actually do that, to require…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 02:59

And we've got to work hard to bring that back. We've got to bring down the cost of health care. I've introduced legislation to actually do that, to require health insurance companies to increase the amount that they are paying out in claims against what they are taking in, in premium. So all the money that we're paying in premium, as our premiums continue to go up and our coverage seems to go down and our out of pocket expenses continue … (02:59–03:10)

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Asserts that he introduced legislation to require health insurance companies to pay more in claims relative to premiums.

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